The Theme of the First Muslim Women in Chronographia of Theophanes the Confessor

Błażej Cecota

doi:10.18778/2084-140X.14.16

Autor

Błażej Cecota Piotrków Academy in Piotrków Trybunalski https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4746-0325

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2084-140X.14.16

Słowa kluczowe:

Byzantine historiography, Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine-Muslim relations, Theophanes the Confessor’s Chronographia

Abstrakt

This article concerns itself with a small fragment of Chronographia by Theophanes the Confessor. The fragment is devoted to the role of women in the rise and spread of Islam. Although generally considered to express anti-Islamic propaganda, upon closer examination, it is quite consistent with some Muslim traditions. The author interprets the fragment in a way that takes those traditions into account.

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