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

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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. Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Figures Introduction 1 Rethinking the Paulicians 2 One Heresy or Two? Paulicians in Armenia and Asia Minor 3 What Is the Paulician Heresy? Traditional Approaches Chapter 1 Polemics, Punishment, and Forgery: Paulicians in Greek Sources 1 Peter of Sicily’s History of the Paulicians 2 The History and the Persecutions of Theodora 3 The Brief History of the Manichaeans 4 The Letter of Theophylaktos Lekapenos to Peter of Bulgaria 5 The Treatise against the Paulicians Chapter 2 Reinventing Paulicians in the 10th Century 1 Byzantine Understandings of Paulicians c.810–900 2 Reinventing the Paulicians in Macedonian History Writing 3 Reinventing through Forgery i: The History of the Paulicians 4 Reinventing through Forgery ii: The Brief History 5 Forgery, Authority, and Authenticity in the 10th Century Chapter 3 The Didaskalie, the Letters of Sergios, and Paulician Belief c.800–835 1 The Didaskalie 2 Schism and the Legitimacy of the Didaskalos 3 Dualism and “the Grace of the Spirit” 4 Paulician Customs, Worship, and Organisation 5 Paulician Hamartocentricism and Apocalyptic 6 Historical Implications Chapter 4 Paulicians in the 8th Century: The Genesis of a Heresy c.750–800 1 Paulicians and the Iconomachy 2 The Armenian Connection 3 The Byzantine-Islamic Frontier in the Long 8th Century 4 Paulicians and Pastoralism 5 Labelling the Paulicians of Asia Minor Chapter 5 Paulicians in the Face of Persecution c.800–845 1 Nikephoros i and the Paulicians 2 The Persecutions of Michael i and Leo v 3 The Paulician Response: Early Resistance and the Revolt of Thomas the Slav 4 Paulicians in the Reign of Theophilos 5 The Persecutions of Theodora Chapter 6 Paulicians at Arms: The Islamic Alliance and Warfare against the Byzantines c.845–880 1 The Battle of Mauropotamos and the Paulician-Islamic Alliance 2 Paulician Settlement and Raiding under Karbeas 3 An Emperor in the East?: Basil, Chrysocheir, and the Road to War 4 The Last Raids of Chrysocheir and the Eclipse of Tephrikē Epilogue Appendix 1The Dating Frameworks of the History of the Paulicians Appendix 2The Career of Sergios in the History of the Paulicians Map of Eastern Asia Minor c.870 Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index