Medievalists.net » Orthodox http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Patriarch Alexios Stoudites and the Reinterpretation of Justinianic Legislation against Heretics http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/patriarch-alexios-stoudites-reinterpretation-justinianic-legislation-heretics/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/patriarch-alexios-stoudites-reinterpretation-justinianic-legislation-heretics/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:08:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54031 Using normative legal sources such as law codes and imperial novels to illuminate Byzantine heresy is a very difficult proposition. One of the great problems in the analysis of Byzantine law in general is that the normative legal sources rarely were adapted to subsequent economic, political, or social conditions.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/patriarch-alexios-stoudites-reinterpretation-justinianic-legislation-heretics/feed/ 0 Amending the Ascetic: Community and Character in the Old English Life of St. Mary of Egypt http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/amending-ascetic-community-character-old-english-life-st-mary-egypt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/amending-ascetic-community-character-old-english-life-st-mary-egypt/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:44:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51814 Among the most eligible saints for such treatment, Mary of Egypt deserves particular consideration: her popularity is evidenced by over a hundred extant Greek manuscripts of her Life and her uniquely prominent position in the Lenten liturgical cycle in the Eastern Church.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/amending-ascetic-community-character-old-english-life-st-mary-egypt/feed/ 0 Saints’ Cults in Medieval Livonia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/03/saints-cults-medieval-livonia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/03/saints-cults-medieval-livonia/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:06:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51565 Saints' cults played a crucial role in medieval society. Although we know very little about the beliefs and rituals of the indigenous peoples of Livonia, either before or after the thirteenth-century conquest, we may assume that the process of Christianization must have caused major changes in their religious practices.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/03/saints-cults-medieval-livonia/feed/ 0 Legal Centralization and the Birth of the Secular State http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/legal-centralization-and-the-birth-of-the-secular-state/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/legal-centralization-and-the-birth-of-the-secular-state/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:56:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47387 This paper investigates the relationship between the historical process of legal centralization and increased religious toleration by the state. We develop a model in which legal centralization leads to the criminalization of the religious beliefs of a large proportion of the population.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/legal-centralization-and-the-birth-of-the-secular-state/feed/ 0 The Riurikid Relationship with the Orthodox Christian Church in Kievan Rus http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-riurikid-relationship-with-the-orthodox-christian-church-in-kievan-rus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-riurikid-relationship-with-the-orthodox-christian-church-in-kievan-rus/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:03:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46146 Prior to the late tenth century, the princes of the Riurikid dynasty were rulers over the loose collection of pagan Slavic tribes and minor city states that were Kievan Rus. However, in a relatively short period, the dynasty had linked itself and its legitimacy to rule to the Orthodox Christian Church centered in Constantinople.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-riurikid-relationship-with-the-orthodox-christian-church-in-kievan-rus/feed/ 0 Church Reunification: Pope Urban II’s Papal Policy Towards the Christian East and Its Demise http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/church-reunification-pope-urban-iis-papal-policy-towards-the-christian-east-and-its-demise/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/church-reunification-pope-urban-iis-papal-policy-towards-the-christian-east-and-its-demise/#comments Mon, 19 Aug 2013 01:25:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42977 What separates this brief work from that of previous historians is that it focuses on the formation and changes of papal policy in regards to the Eastern Orthodox Church during the First Crusade, exclusively.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/church-reunification-pope-urban-iis-papal-policy-towards-the-christian-east-and-its-demise/feed/ 0 Church Wall Paintings and Mosaics: Principles of their arrangement and relationship to church architecture http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/16/church-wall-paintings-and-mosaics-principles-of-their-arrangement-and-relationship-to-church-architecture/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/16/church-wall-paintings-and-mosaics-principles-of-their-arrangement-and-relationship-to-church-architecture/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:45:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38107 The history of Orthodox church wall-painting and mosaics, East and West, is a very rich one. On the one hand it reveals tremendous creativity in the Church’s response to architectural and pastoral changes. On the other hand it shows how consistently it has been faithful to unchanging spiritual principles.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/16/church-wall-paintings-and-mosaics-principles-of-their-arrangement-and-relationship-to-church-architecture/feed/ 0 The Indigenous Christians of the Arabic Middle East in an Age of Crusaders, Mongols, and Mamlūks (1244-1366) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-indigenous-christians-of-the-arabic-middle-east-in-an-age-of-crusaders-mongols-and-mamluks-1244-1366/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-indigenous-christians-of-the-arabic-middle-east-in-an-age-of-crusaders-mongols-and-mamluks-1244-1366/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:03:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37697 The chronological period of study is highlighted by the usurpation of the Ayyūbid-ruled Sultanate by the Baḥrī Mamlūks, while the two most important political-military events in the region were the collapse of the Crusader States and the invasion of the Mongols. This thesis will examine how events impacted on the nine Christian Confessions, treating each separately.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-indigenous-christians-of-the-arabic-middle-east-in-an-age-of-crusaders-mongols-and-mamluks-1244-1366/feed/ 0 Transylvanian Identities in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/transylvanian-identities-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/transylvanian-identities-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:33:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37450 Identity has become a subject of historical exploration as it is also one of the themes examined from the perspectives of various disciplines belonging to the social sciences such as sociology, psychology or anthropology.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/transylvanian-identities-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 “The Eucharist and the Negotiation of Orthodoxy in the High Middle Ages” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/the-eucharist-and-the-negotiation-of-orthodoxy-in-the-high-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/the-eucharist-and-the-negotiation-of-orthodoxy-in-the-high-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:29:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37161 This paper is part of Adam Hoose's dissertation. It examined the differences between Waldensians and Franciscans in their treatment of the Eucharist. It also explored why the Waldensians were unsuccessful in their bid to become a legitimate religious order and were eventually marginalized as heretics.

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