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Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ)

ΤΑ ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ ΑΧΡΙΔΑΣ ΣΙΓΙΛΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ Β'

Abstract

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THE THREE SIGILLIA, WHICH GAVE PRIVILEGES TO THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF ACHRIDA ARE CONSIDERED UNTIL NOW TO HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY BASIL II. IN THIS DISSERTATION I HAVE INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM AND LOCATED THE ELEMENT, WHICH LED TO THE VIEW THAT THESE THREE SIGILLIA WERE FORGED. THE ABOVE VIEW CONCERNING THE SIGILLIA OF BASIL II IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING: MICHAEL'S VIII THE PROTOTYPE CHRYSOBOULL, INWHICH THE THREE SIGILLIA ARE INCLUDED, HAS BEEN LOST. A VERY LATE COPY OF IT, WHICH CONTAINED MICHAEL'S VIII THE COMPLETE CHRYSOBOULL, IS THAT OF THE 17TH CENTURY AND IT IS INCLUDED IN THE SINAIT CODE (508/976). A C INVESTIGATION BASED ON DIPLOMATIC, SHOWED THAT CHRYSOBOULL IS NOT A TRUE COPY OF AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT, BUT IT IS A FICTITIOUS DOCUMENT, WHICH IS CONSISTED OF A COLLECTION AND OTHER PAPERS. THE THREE SIGILLIA DO NOT HAVE THE TYPICAL FORM OF AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT AND THEIR DEVIATIONS ADVOCATE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ARGUMENT THAT THE PAPERS ARE FICTITIOUS. THE REVIEW OF MATTER SHOWED THAT THE SIGILLIA MUST BE THE CREATION OF ARCHISHOP MATHEW 91410-1416) OF ACHRIDA, WHO TRIED TO USE THEM IN ORDER TO BENEFIT HIS ARCHBISHOPRIC. BUT THE REACTION OF PATRIARCH EFTHYMIOS OF CONSTANTINOPLE WAS IMMEDIATE AND VIGOROUS, AS IT CAN BE SEEN IN HIS LETTER, WHICH WAS DIRECTED TO MATTEW. IN THIS LETTER HE WRITES THAT: "PRIVILEGES USED IN ORDERTO SUPPORT HIS DEMANDS ARE NOT ORIGINAL BUT FALSE". AS A RESULT OF THIS INVESTIGATION WE MUST ACCEPT THAT WHOLE ORGANIZATION OF THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF ACHRIDA,AS IT IS ACCEPTED TODAY, DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO REALITY.

Degree

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Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ)
Year dc:date
1989

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Κωνσταντίνου, Η.

Subjects

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1148
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/1148

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citation

Κωνσταντίνου, Η.. ΤΑ ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ ΑΧΡΙΔΑΣ ΣΙΓΙΛΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ Β'. Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ), 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1148