Bogomils

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14 - Bogomils

from Part II - Case Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 July 2025

Andrew P. Roach

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Richard Flower

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Even by the standards of medieval heresy, the history of the Bogomils is notable for a lack of sources. This chapter bases its analysis on the long account of Kosmas Presbyter of Pop Bogomil and his followers in tenth-century Bulgaria. Understanding this helps illuminate less informative references and points to a persistent dualist tradition in the Balkans and Byzantium, well capable of exporting organisation and doctrine.

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Bogomils Bulgaria Kosmas Presbyter Christianisation dualism

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to Christian Heresy , pp. 276 - 300

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108556620.017 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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