ior parents and any children of the rest that are born defective will be hidden away . . . ." While Aristotle said: ". . . let there be a law that no deformed child shall live" (p. 144). Further, infanticide played a key role in the (legendary) founding of Rome due to the abandonment of Romulus and Remus as infants.
With economic downturns in history, there have been noticeable increases in the use of infanticide, particularly against female infants. During the late medieval period in England this appears this was the case. Since the society was Judeo-Christian, a tradition that considers such practice murder, every effort was made by parents to make it seem as if the deaths of unwanted babies was purely accidental. Research of documents from the thirtee
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