Persecution, Past and Present: Memorialising Martyrdom in Late Antique and Early Medieval Córdoba*

IF 0.3 2区 历史学 0 MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES
J. Wood
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Abstract The Christian martyr movement of 850s Córdoba has received considerable scholarly attention over the decades, yet the movement has often been seen as anomalous. The martyrs’ apologists were responsible for a huge spike in evidence, but analysis of their work has shown that they likely represented a minority “rigorist” position within the Christian community and reacted against the increasing accommodation of many Mozarabic Christians to the realities of Muslim rule. This article seeks to place the apologists, and therefore the martyrs, in a longer-term perspective by demonstrating that martyr memories were cultivated in the city and surrounding region throughout late antiquity, from at least the late fourth century. The Cordoban apologists made active use of this tradition in their presentation of the events of the mid-ninth century. The article closes by suggesting that the martyr movement of the 850s drew strength from churches dedicated to earlier martyrs from the city and that the memories of the martyrs of the mid-ninth century were used to reinforce communal bonds at Córdoba and beyond in the following years. Memories and memorials of martyrdom were thus powerful means of forging connections across time and space in early medieval Iberia.
迫害,过去和现在:纪念古代晚期和中世纪早期的殉难Córdoba*
850年代的基督教殉道者运动Córdoba在过去的几十年里受到了相当多的学术关注,但该运动往往被视为异常。殉道者的辩护者要为证据的激增负责,但对他们工作的分析表明,他们很可能代表了基督教社区中少数“严格主义者”的立场,反对许多莫扎拉伯基督徒对穆斯林统治现实的日益迁就。这篇文章试图将辩护人,也就是殉道者,放在一个更长远的角度,通过证明殉道者的记忆是在整个古代晚期,至少从四世纪晚期开始,在城市和周围地区培养起来的。科尔多瓦的辩护者在介绍9世纪中期的事件时积极利用了这一传统。文章最后指出,850年代的殉道者运动从献身于城市早期殉道者的教堂中获得了力量,9世纪中叶的殉道者的记忆在接下来的几年里被用来加强Córdoba及以后的社区纽带。因此,在中世纪早期的伊比利亚,殉难的记忆和纪念是建立跨越时间和空间联系的有力手段。
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Al-Masaq-Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean
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