The Paulicians : : heresy, persecution, and warfare on the Byzantine frontier, c.750-880 / / by Carl Dixon.

• Superior document: Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 132
• VerfasserIn: Dixon, Carl, Ph.D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 132.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 pages)
• Notes: In a searching challenge to the paradigm of medieval Christian dualism, this study reenvisions the Paulicians as largely conventional Christians engendered by complex socio-religious forces in the borderlands of Armenia and Asia Minor.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Copyright Page /; Dedication /; Preface /; Figures /; Introduction /; Chapter 1 Polemics, Punishment, and Forgery: Paulicians in Greek Sources /; Chapter 2 Reinventing Paulicians in the 10th Century /; Chapter 3 The Didaskalie, the Letters of Sergios, and Paulician Belief c.800–835 /; Chapter 4 Paulicians in the 8th Century: The Genesis of a Heresy c.750–800 /; Chapter 5 Paulicians in the Face of Persecution c. 800–845 /; Chapter 6 Paulicians at Arms: The Islamic Alliance and Warfare against the Byzantines c.845–880 /; Epilogue /; Appendix 1 The Dating Frameworks of the History of the Paulicians /; Appendix 2 The Career of Sergios in the History of the Paulicians /; Map of Eastern Asia Minor c.870 /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-360) and index.
• ISBN: 9789004517080; 9789004516540
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Carl Dixon.

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.