Bogomils’ Revolt and Pecheneg-Byzantine War
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Byzantine Empire, Barbarians, Nomads
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Turkey, Asia Minor
- Date: 1086-1091
Article abstract: At issue: Persecution of religious dissidents and control of Byzantine territory. Result: Byzantine victory, empire survives for more than three hundred more years, Pechenegs and Cumans disappear, Bogomil heresy spreads.
Background
The Bogomils, a Christian heretical movement, appeared in the Balkans in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Their theological beliefs mirrored other dualist heresies of the Middle Ages that believed in the equality of God and Satan and depicted the earth as battleground of good and evil. However, just as...
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