The orphans of Byzantium: child welfare in the Christian empire

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CONTENTS Preface ix List of Abbreviations xiii I. Introduction  II. The Ancient World  III. The New Jerusalem  IV. Byzantine Guardianship  V. The Byzantine Church  VI. Abandonment and Adoption  VII. The Orphanotropheion: Administration  VIII. The Orphanotropheion: The Orphan School  IX. Did It Work?  X. Epilogue: The West  Appendix: Seventy-Seven Orphan Cases  Bibliography  Index  vii Orphans of Byzantium tears too long forgot how ironic is this innocence gazing to distant shore immovable prow upon the reef hears now the slightest whisper transverse thy broken ship on Heaven’s mercy gleam angels that we slaughered tis to thee we now implore forgive O breathe upon our unfurled swaddle safely to thy harbor yet how pink the inlet is as if born just recently and warm a Mother and her child vicki beth miller // Thus says the Lord: ‘You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me I will surely hear their cry.’ Exodus : ,  ...