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

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Miller, Timothy S., 1945-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2003.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.