The Patriarch Alexios Stoudites and the Reinterpretation of Justinianic Legislation against Heretics

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  • Zachary Chitwood Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Abstract

Justinian’s laws on Jews testifying in court were reinterpreted by Alexios, probably around 1039, to be applicable to Syrian Orthodox Christians, deemed heretical, in the newly reconquered area of Melitene.

Author Biography

Zachary Chitwood, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Project ERC-FOUNDMED

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2014-04-09

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