Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi and His Chronicle : History As Apocalypse in a Crossroads of Cultures.
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TextSeries: The Medieval Mediterranean SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9789004330351
- D183.A537 2017
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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