Mitrofanov, A. Yu.
Avary Feofilakta Simokkaty v svete sovremennogo vizantino vedeniya [Avars of Theophylact Simocatta in the light of modern Byzantine studies], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture. 2025. Vol. 8 (1). P. 65–103.
Andrey Yuryevich Mitrofanov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy of the Russian Orthodox Church (St. Petersburg, 17 Obvodny Canal Embankment), full member of the T. V. Barsov Society for the Study of Church Law (Barsov Society)
non-recuso-laborem@yandex.ru
Language: Russian
Mitrofanov’s article examines the problem of Avar ethnogenesis in the context of the work of the Byzantine historian Theophylact Simocatta, secretary of Emperor Heraclius (610–641) and modern historiography. Mitrofanov develops and deepens the provisions expressed in previous publications. The author draws on the research of the linguist E. Khelimsky, the Byzantinists Paul Speck, Claudia Ludwig, James Howard-Johnston, Walter Kagey, the Iranian scholar Parvaneh Pourshariati, and the Turkologist Peter Golden. Mitrofanov’s conclusion is that the alleged Tungusic-Manchu origin of the Avar aristocracy contributed to the preservation and spread of the Old Slavic language and Balkan Latin in his possessions.
Keywords: Theophylact Simokatta, Heraclius, Mauricius, Paul Speck, False Theodosius, Bayan, Avar khaganate, Avars, First Turkic khaganate, ancient Turks, shamans
URL: http://proslogion.ru/81-mitrofanov
10.24412/2500-0926-2025-65-103
