IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1801: Between Byzantium and Sasanian Persia, IV: The Climate of Religious Warfare between Ērānshahr and the Eastern Roman Empire
Thursday 8 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) / Cardiff Centre of Late Antique Religion & Culture, Cardiff University |
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| Organisers: | Domiziana Rossi, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Università di Bologna Sean Strong, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Paper 1801-a | From 'Eastern Rome' to 'Byzantium'?: The Impact of the Last Roman-Sasanian War on the Intellectual Climate of the Miracles of St Demetrios (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Greek, Mentalities, Political Thought |
| Paper 1801-b | Relics, Icons, and Christian Holy Devices in the Roman-Persian Wars, 4th-7th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Military History, Political Thought, Religious Life |
| Paper 1801-c | Political and Religious Warfare through Hagiography: The Case of St Golinduch between Byzantium and Persia in the Reign of Maurice, 582-602 (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Hagiography, Local History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This session examines the religious climate of warfare between the Eastern Roman Empire and Ērānshahr in Late Antiquity in which the geographical context of conflict was in a 'state of mixture'. This session has two papers dedicated to religious literature which individually focus on how the Roman-Persian wars impacted two saints; one in their literary work (St Demetrios), and the other in their legacy and how it was exploited (St Golinduch). The remaining paper focuses on the physical aspect of religious warfare by examining relics and icons and how they were used as holy devices throughout the Roman-Persian wars. |