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Synopsis
This book 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.
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.