The Eulogius Corpus
The Eulogius Corpus Eulogius (d. The majority of the victims were condemned for blasphemy, having deliberately flouted proscriptions against public expressions of disrespect for Muhammad. 859), a…
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The Eulogius Corpus
Eulogius (d. The majority of the victims were condemned for blasphemy, having deliberately flouted proscriptions against public expressions of disrespect for Muhammad. 859), a priest living under Islamic rule in C�rdoba, is our principal source for the so-called C�rdoban martyrs' movement (850-859), in the course of which forty-eight Christians were decapitated for religious offenses against Islam.
While some were inclined to embrace the executed Christians as martyrs of the classic Roman type, others criticized them as self-immolators whose unprovoked outbursts only complicated the working relationship between the Christian community and the Muslim authorities. Interestingly enough, the C�rdoban Christian community was not of one mind when it came to interpreting such provocative acts. The writings of Eulogius, which were designed to record the deaths and present