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Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi and His Chronicle : History As Apocalypse in a Crossroads of Cultures.

Andrews, Tara L.

Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi and His Chronicle : History As Apocalypse in a Crossroads of Cultures. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (272 pages) - The Medieval Mediterranean Series ; v.108 . - The Medieval Mediterranean Series .

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgments -- ‎Transliteration of Names and Places -- ‎Chapter 1. The Origins of the Chronicle -- ‎The Author of the Chronicle -- ‎Uṙhayecʿi's Edessa -- ‎The Armenian Historiographical Tradition -- ‎Uṙhayecʿi's Sources of Information -- ‎Chapter 2. The New Age of Prophecy: The Chronicle's Place in Armenian Historiography -- ‎Armenian Historical Philosophy -- ‎Uṙhayecʿi's Historical Philosophy -- ‎The Prophecies of Yovhannēs Kozeṙn -- ‎The Prophecies Fulfilled: The Structure of the Chronicle -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 3. 'The Violent Massacres, This Dreadful Wrath': Armenia in the Chronicle -- ‎The Idealized Past: The Presentation of Pre-1020 Armenia -- ‎The Loss of the Armenian Kingdoms: 1000-1045 -- ‎471-472 (1021-1024): Basil II's Eastern Campaign and its Consequences -- ‎490-494 (1041-1046): Turkish Invasions and the Loss of Independence -- ‎The Occupied East and the Armenians in Exile -- ‎The Royal Families in Exile -- ‎The Rise and Fall of Philaretos -- ‎The Armenian Magnates of Cilicia and Syria -- ‎The Slow Revival: The Armenians and the Crusaders -- ‎The Rise of Georgia, 1121-1129 -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 4. 'Under the Aegis of the Roman Emperor': Uṙhayecʿi on Byzantium -- ‎The Era of Growing Byzantine Domination over the Armenians -- ‎The Waning of Byzantine Influence -- ‎Conclusions -- ‎Chapter 5. Muslim, Persian, or Turk? The Armenian Chronicler and the 'Infidels' -- ‎The Role of Muslims within Armenian History -- ‎Which Muslims? -- ‎Tenth-century Muslims in the Chronicle -- ‎The Appearance of the Turks -- ‎Reality and Myth: the Armenians under Turkish Domination -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 6. 'The Nation of Valiant Ones': The Crusaders in Uṙhayecʿi's Eyes -- ‎The Local Background to the Crusade -- ‎The Place of the Crusaders in the Prophetic Framework of Kozeṙn. ‎Uṙhayecʿi as a Source for Crusading Politics -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 7. 'Many Break Away from the Faith': Eastern Christianity in the Chronicle -- ‎Before the Fall: Ecclesiastical History before 1033 -- ‎The Recent Past: Uṙhayecʿi's Church in Uncertain Times -- ‎The Armenian Church in the Wake of the First Crusade -- ‎The Community of Clerics as Seen in the Chronicle -- ‎Aftermath: Byzantium in Cilicia and the Council of Jerusalem -- ‎Chapter 8. The History of the Chronicle -- ‎The Text of the Chronicle -- ‎Use by Later Armenian Historians -- ‎Grigor Erēcʿ -- ‎The Earliest Witness: Smbat Sparapet -- ‎Recognition by Later Historians -- ‎The Manuscript Tradition of the Chronicle -- ‎The Venice Group -- ‎The Vienna Group -- ‎The Copyist of Lviv -- ‎The Vałaršapat Primary Text -- ‎Print Publication and Modern Reception -- ‎Chapter 9. Conclusion -- ‎Appendix A. Text of Selected Excerpts from the Chronicle -- ‎List of Witnesses -- ‎Text -- ‎First Prophecy of Yovhannēs Kozeṙn, Armenian era 478 (1029/30) -- ‎Second Prophecy of Yovhannēs Kozeṙn, Armenian Era 485 (1036/7) -- ‎Author's Prologue to Book Two of the Chronicle -- ‎Author's Prologue to Book Three of the Chronicle -- ‎Appendix B. Lists of Rulers of the Period -- ‎Byzantine Emperors, 951-1129 -- ‎Armenian Kings in Ani, 951-1045 -- ‎Appendix C. List of All Known Manuscripts -- ‎Manuscripts Containing Full or Substantial Texts of the Chronicle -- ‎Manuscripts Containing Excerpts of the Chronicle -- ‎Maps -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Primary Sources -- ‎Secondary Sources -- ‎Index.

Winner of the 2018 Dr Sona Aronian book prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies In Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi and His Chronicle Tara L. Andrews offers the first in-depth analysis of the history written by Mattʿēos, an Armenian priest living in Edessa around the turn of the twelfth century.

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D183.A537 2017

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