Year: 2020
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Am ajor survivalf rom the RomanN ear East that endured within the caliphate wast he episcopal and monastic networks making up the different Christian denominations.This article drawso nt he Chronicle of Michael the Syrian to illustrate how the caliphate became an increasinglyh ostile environment for Christian landed layelites,incentivizing powerful families to take roles in the state'sa dministration or within the church.Usinge xamples from the Jacobite church, Ia rgue that the state became increasingly involved in church governance, by publiclye ndorsing the patriarch and his ability to raise revenues from Christians,a nd by supporting him with state troops against rival clerics.
Source: De Gruyter eBooks
Author: Philip Wood
Language: English
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4211029036