Private Religious Foundations in the Byzantine Empire

Dumbarton Oaks
John Philip Thomas
ISBN: 0884021645
price: $22.50  

This study concerns the private ownership of ecclesiastical institutions and seeks to determine the nature and extent of private ownership of religious institutions in the Byzantine Empire. This includes churches, monasteries, and philanthropic institutions ("hospitals," "old age homes," and "orphanages") founded by private individuals and retained for personal administration independent of the public authorities of the state and church.