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The Eulogius Corpus (Hardcover)
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The Eulogius Corpus (Hardcover)
Series: Translated Texts for Historians, 71
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Eulogius (d. 859), a priest living under Islamic rule in Cordoba,
is our principal source for the so-called "Cordoban martyrs'
movement" (850-859), in the course of which forty-eight Christians
were decapitated for religious offenses against Islam. The majority
of the victims were condemned for blasphemy, having deliberately
flouted proscriptions against public expressions of disrespect for
Muhammad. Interestingly enough, the Cordoban Christian community
was not of one mind when it came to interpreting such provocative
acts. While some were inclined to embrace the executed Christians
as martyrs of the classic Roman type, others criticized them as
self-immolators whose unprovoked outbursts only complicated the
working relationship between the Christian community and the Muslim
authorities. The writings of Eulogius, which were designed to
record the deaths and present them as legitimate martyrdoms, allow
both for the reconstruction of Christian life under Muslim rule and
an appreciation for the range of Christian attitudes toward Islam
in ninth-century al-Spain. They also capture Eulogius'
self-conscious effort to construct a saint cult despite the absence
of wide support for the "martyrs." This is the first complete
rendering of Eulogius' writings into English, and will be a
valuable resource for historians and theologians alike.
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