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31 - Classics
King's College London
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Chapter title
Philoptochos basileus: Kaiserliche Armenfürsorge zwischen Rhetorik und Realität in Byzanz
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Peter Lang
Book title
Zwischen Ausschluss und Solidarität: Modi der Inklusion/Exklusion von Fremden und Armen : Praktiken und Repräsentationen im Wan-del von Herrschaft und Gesellschaft
ISBN of book
978-3-631-58204-6
Year of publication
2008
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Number of additional authors
0
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
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Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This article looks at charity as practised by emperor in the Byzantine Empire in an effort to distinguish fact from pious fiction. Among the key sources explored in more detail are legal texts, mirrors of princes and imperial ceremonial. The article makes clear that imperial charity is only rarely direct; in most cases Byzantine emperors gave the Church the authority and the funds for charitable actions
