The orphans of Byzantium : child welfare in the Christian empire /

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Historian Timothy Miller argues that it is necessary to look at the history of orphanages, of their successes and failures, and of their complex roles as social institutions for unwanted and homeless children. In The Orphans of Byzantium, Miller provides a study of the evolution of orphanages in the...

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Autor principal: Miller, Timothy S., 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Alexius > I Comnenus, > Emperor of the East, > 1048-1118.
Alexis > Ier Comnene, > empereur byzantin, > 1048-1118.
Geschichte.
Waisenkind.
Wezenzorg.
Weeshuizen.
Geschichte
Waisenkind
Orphanages.
Guardian and ward.
Child welfare.
HISTORY > Medieval.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Tutelle et curatelle > Empire byzantin.
Enfants > Protection, assistance, etc. > Empire byzantin.
Orphelinats > Empire byzantin.
Guardian and ward > Byzantine Empire.
Child welfare > Byzantine Empire.
Orphanages > Byzantine Empire.
Byzantinisches Reich.
Byzantinisches Reich
Byzantine Empire.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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