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The orphans of Byzantium : child welfare in the Christian empire / Timothy S. Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Timothy S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of the East, 1048-1118.
- Alexius.
- Orphanages--Byzantine Empire.
- Orphanages.
- Child welfare--Byzantine Empire.
- Child welfare.
- Guardian and ward--Byzantine Empire.
- Guardian and ward.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (340 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In The Orphans of Byzantium, Miller provides a perceptive and original study of the evolution of orphanages in the Byzantine Empire.
- Contents:
- The ancient world
- The new Jerusalem
- Byzantine guardianship
- The Byzantine church
- Abandonment and adoption
- The Orphanotropheion : administration
- The Orphanotropheion : the orphan school
- Did it work?
- The West.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-325) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2079-3
- OCLC:
- 815970847
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