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4 - Nicene–Homoian Conversion in Ostrogothic Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2024

Marta Szada
Marta Szada
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
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Chapter 4 deals with Nicene–Homoian conversions in Italy under Ostrogothic rule. First it discusses the religious history of the Goths from the fall of the Hunnic empire to their triumph in the war with Odoacer, allowing us to better understand the nature of Gothic Homoianism in Italy and its relationship with the Nicene church. Then it examines conversions under Amal rule and the role of tolerance in their politics and ideology, and finally conversions between the Nicene and Homoian faith in the period of the Gothic War (535–54) and its aftermath.

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OstrogothsOstrogothic ItalyTheoderic the GreatAmalasunthaGothsHunsGothic HomoianismAmalsreligious tolerancethe Gothic WarJustinianRomeGregory the GreatRavenna papyri
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Conversion and the Contest of Creeds in Early Medieval Christianity , pp. 98 - 136
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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