The orphans of Byzantium

Miller, Timothy S.

The orphans of Byzantium child welfare in the Christian empire / [electronic resource] : Timothy S. Miller. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2003. - xiv, 340 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-325) and index.

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.


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Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of the East, 1048-1118.


Orphanages--Byzantine Empire.
Child welfare--Byzantine Empire.
Guardian and ward--Byzantine Empire.


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