PAGAN TRADITIONS AND PERVIVENCIES IN THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE: THE POSITIONING OF JUSTINIANO

Authors

  • Margarita Vallejo Girvés
Keywords: religious policy, Justinian, Byzantine society, Justinian legislation, pagan, antiquarianism

Abstract

One of the most outstanding characteristics of emperor Justinian's active religious policy was the preoccupation for the continuity of pagan beliefs in Byzantine society; Justinian legislation and the literary references to the imperial attitude evidence it. The fundamental objectives of this paper are the analysis of the pagan presence in VI century Byzantium and the Justinian reasons for these condemnatory arrangements.

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Vallejo Girvés, M. (1997). PAGAN TRADITIONS AND PERVIVENCIES IN THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE: THE POSITIONING OF JUSTINIANO. Antigüedad y Cristianismo, (14), 217–228. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/ayc/article/view/65371
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