Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts and Eurasian Contexts, Volume 5; Volume 113

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Peeters Publishers, 2003 - 522 pages
Original literature first appeared among the indigenous population of Caucasia in the fifth century AD as a consequence of its Christianization. Though a number of Armenian histories were composed at this time, several centuries elapsed before the Georgians created their own. But how many centuries? Through a meticulous investigation of internal textual criteria, Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography challenges the traditional eleventh-century dating of the oldest Georgian narrative histories and probes their interrelationships. Illuminating Caucasia's status as a cultural crossroads, it reveals the myriad Eurasian influences - written and oral, Christian and non-Christian - on these "pre-Bagratid" histories produced between the seventh and the ninth century. Eastern Georgia's place in the Eurasian world and its long-standing connection to the Iranian Commonwealth are specially highlighted. This volume also examines several related historical and historiographical problems of the early Bagratid period and supplies critical translations of six early Georgian histories previously unavailable in English. Dr. Stephen H. Rapp, Jr. is Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA), and is the Founding Director of its Program in World History and Cultures.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Mokcevay kart lisay
35
Transliteration Tables
45
Cxorebay kart velt‍a mep et a
101
TABLE OF CONTENTS
113
Evolution of a Caucasian Origin
169
Cʻxorebay
197
THE HISTORICAL COMPONENTS OF MOK CEVAY KART LISAY
245
A Bagratid Perspective on Geor
337
TABLE OF CONTENTS
413
Conclusions
441
Reception Mxitar Ayrivaneci
449
The Date and Author of The Martyrdom of Archil
469
The Divan of the Apʻxazian Kings
481
Index
491
Table of contents
519

Royal Lists II and III
299

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