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Hospitals in the Byzantine Empire: The origins of the Welfare State?

Dr Peregrine Horden, Reader in Medieval History, looks at whether the hospitals of Byzantium can be viewed as a Welfare State in the Making


Byzantium was the first civilisation in Western Eurasia to show widespread concern for the poor and sick and to express this concern in the kind of hospitals recognizable to us today.


Speaker(s):

Dr Peregrine Horden | talks

 

Date and Time:

1 February 2007 at 7:30 pm

Duration:

1 hour

 

Venue:

The Guildhall
High Street
Guildford
GU1 3AA
01483 444035

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Organised by:

Guildford Museum
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Tickets:

£6

Available from:

Guildford Museum, Castle Arch, Guildford GU1 3SX
Telephone: 01483 444750

Additional Information:

Ticket includes a glass of wine in the Guildhall after the lecture and an opportunity to talk to the lecturer.

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