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9780521607636
This book traces the development of this little-understood heresy from its Middle Eastern roots. The Bogomils derived elements of their doctrine and practice from the Manichaeans and the Paulicians. By the reign of Alexius Comnenus, Bogomilism was rife within the Bulgarian and Byzantine empire and had taken hold even amongst influential families in Constantinople itself.Obolensky, Dimitri is the author of 'Bogomils A Study In Balkan Neo-manichaeism', published 0016 under ISBN 9780521607636 and ISBN 0521607639.
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