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The Development of the Melkite Legal Tradition under Islamic Rule
Registration only required for online attendance. Just turn up in person at least five minutes before the seminar begins.
The seminar will examine the development of Melkite law among the Arabic-speaking, Chalcedonian Orthodox Christians of Syria and Egypt from the seventh to the thirteenth century. On the one hand, it will explore the extent to which the Melkites maintained an independent legal tradition from Byzantium. On the other hand, the growing influence of Constantinople after the Byzantine conquest of Antioch in 969 and the impact of Islamic law on Melkite legal practices will be discussed.
Date:
20 October 2025, 14:30
Venue:
Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Speaker:
Dr Johannes Pahlitzsch (University of Mainz)
Organising department:
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Organiser contact email address:
office@cmcsoxford.org.uk
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Part of:
The Impact of Islam on Christian Political Theology 622 to 1453
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/57b059c3-3c01-4012-b98b-41bb04012005@cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91
Booking email:
office@cmcsoxford.org.uk
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Richard McCallum
