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Author

Miller, Timothy S.

Title The orphans of Byzantium [electronic resource] : child welfare in the Christian empire / Timothy S. Miller.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2003.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiv, 340 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-325) and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of the East, 1048-1118.
	Orphanages -- Byzantine Empire.
	Child welfare -- Byzantine Empire.
	Guardian and ward -- Byzantine Empire.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0813213134
	9780813213132
	9780813220796 (electronic bk.)