| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
The historical context : Orthodox Christians under Muslim rule from the sixth to the fifteenth century -- The political context : the Ottoman State and the Orthodox Church -- Geography and demographics -- Shepherds and flock -- Monasteries and monasticism -- A state within a state : intra-imperial connections in the Orthodox east -- The holy places -- Foreign relations -- The Catholic Unia -- The culture of the Orthodox Orient |
| Summary |
Following the so called "Arab Spring" the world's attention has been drawn to the presence of significant minority religious groups within the predominantly Islamic Middle East. Of these minorities Christians are by far the largest, comprising over 10% of the population in Syria and as much as 40% in Lebanon.The largest single group of Christians are the Arabic-speaking Orthodox. The author draws on archaeological evidence and previously unpublished primary sources uncovered in Russian archives and Middle Eastern monastic libraries to present a vivid and compelling account of this vital but little-known spiritual and political culture, situating it within a complex network of relations reaching throughout the Mediterranean, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 5, 2016) |
| Subject |
Orthodox Eastern Church -- Middle East -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Orthodox Eastern Church fast |
| Subject |
RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
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Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Noble, Brittany Pheiffer, translator
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Noble, Samuel, translator
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| ISBN |
9781942699101 |
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1942699107 |
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