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

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004516549
• ISBN13: 9789004516540
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"