Ebook: A state of mixture : Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian political culture in late Antiquity
Author: Payne Richard E
- Tags: Christianity and other religions -- Zoroastrianism. Christianity and politics -- Iran -- History -- To 1500. Zoroastrianism -- Relations -- Christianity. Christians -- Iran -- Social conditions -- To 1500. Iran -- Civilization -- To 640. Christianity. Christianity and politics. Christians -- Social conditions. Civilization.
- Series: Transformation of the classical heritage 56
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: University of California Press
- City: Array
- Language: English
- epub
"A State of Mixture seeks to resolve the paradox of how East Syrian Christian communities flourished in a Zoroastrian political system, the Iranian Empire. If previous studies have regarded Christians as marginal, insular, and often persecuted, the present book demonstrates their integration into elite networks, adoption of Iranian political practices and imaginaries, and participation in imperial institutions. TheRead more...
Abstract:
Placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, this book explains the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries. Read more...
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