Title: Parents of Poor Children in England, 1580-1800
Description: A study of the mothers and fathers of poor children in early modern England, drawing upon a wide range of archival material, including quarter session records, petitions for assistance, applications for places in the London Foundling Hospital, and evidence from criminal trials in London's Old Bailey.
Subjects: Parents, Family, Public welfare, great britain, Great britain, social conditions, Poor, great britain, Low-income parents, Social conditions, Poor families, History, Public welfare