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Page 384
... orthodox Christianity and the emperor's authority . Christianity was often , to be sure , a veneer that cracked in moments of crisis , permitting a very old paganism to emerge , while loyalty to the emperor could be forsworn and often ...
... orthodox Christianity and the emperor's authority . Christianity was often , to be sure , a veneer that cracked in moments of crisis , permitting a very old paganism to emerge , while loyalty to the emperor could be forsworn and often ...
Page 389
... Orthodox clergy . Briefly put , the church became an institution rent by factions , wherein popular discon- tent found a means of expression . Intransigent iconodules looked for their leaders among the monks of Studion , the monastery ...
... Orthodox clergy . Briefly put , the church became an institution rent by factions , wherein popular discon- tent found a means of expression . Intransigent iconodules looked for their leaders among the monks of Studion , the monastery ...
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... Orthodox faith . They found the prospect of being ruled by the Turks less odious than that of being indebted to the Latins . When the crisis came , however , the Venetians in Constantinople , and a Genoese contingent commanded by ...
... Orthodox faith . They found the prospect of being ruled by the Turks less odious than that of being indebted to the Latins . When the crisis came , however , the Venetians in Constantinople , and a Genoese contingent commanded by ...
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