The Bogomils: A Study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism

by Dimitri Obolensky

Overview

The Bogomils: A Study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism traces the development of this little-understood heresy from its Middle Eastern roots. The Bogomils derived elements of their doctrine and practice from the Manichaeans and the Paulicians. By the reign of Alexius Comnenus, Bogomilism was rife within the Bulgarian and Byzantine empire and had taken hold even amongst influential families in Constantinople itself. Though they suffered persecution, decline and ultimate disappearance in their Balkan heartlands, the Bogomils were subsequently an influence upon more celebrated heresies in France and Italy. Dmitri Obolensky's magisterial study of Balkan dualism remains the definitive work on Bogomilism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521607636
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/19/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	5.55(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

Abbreviations; 1. The manichean legacy; 2. Neo-manichaeism in the Near East; 3. The rise of Balkan dualism; 4. Bogomilism in the first Bulgarian empire; 5. Byzantine bogomilism; 6. Bogomilism in the second Bulgarian empire; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; Map.