The Paulicians: Heresy, Persecution and Warfare on the Byzantine Frontier, C.750-880

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51654-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 132, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

Disavowing their traditional portrayal as the progenitors of medieval Christian dualism, this book recasts the Paulicians as broadly conventional Christians inspired by the apostle Paul. Using previously neglected Paulician testimony and a critical reappraisal of the existing sources, it explains their fleeting regional prominence via a pluralistic approach to Paulician identity within the complex socio-religious milieus of Armenia and Asia Minor. Exploring their history of schism, persecution, and resistance, it reassesses their relationship with the iconoclast controversy and the changing fortunes of Byzantine-Islamic warfare, shedding new light on their obscure but fascinating transformation from itinerant preachers to militarized insurrectionists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dixon, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen des Alten Orients
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Antike Kriegsführung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Carl Dixon, Ph.D. (2018), University of Nottingham, has published articles on Byzantine-Armenian diplomacy and identity formation in heretical movements.