“Soldiers of Christ” from the Byzantine Perspective: Monks, Emperors, and Conflict in the Early Byzantine Empire

This article is an exploration of concept of monks as “soldiers of Christ” in Byzantine Anatolia during the late sixth and early seventh centuries CE. Through a case study of Theodore of Sykeon, this article will explore monks as agents of continuity in the Byzantine Anatolia of the late sixth and e...

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Main Author: Roberts, Walter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Journal of religious history
Year: 2017, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 291-311
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Theodoros, Sykeotes / Byzantine Empire / Monk / Soldier / History 650-750
RelBib Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
BE Greco-Roman religions
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
CG Christianity and Politics
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
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