Medievalists.net » Armenia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Unexpected Evidence concerning Gold Mining in Early Byzantium http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:40:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54002 One of the consequences of the decline of Roman imperial might was the shortage of slaves at state-run mines. Consequently, criminals were often sentenced to damnatio ad metallum. The need for gold especially soared when the gold solidus was introduced at the beginning of the fourth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/feed/ 0 Christianity and the Latin tradition in early Medieval Ireland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/christianity-latin-tradition-early-medieval-ireland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/christianity-latin-tradition-early-medieval-ireland/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:47:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52272 The Christianity which arrived in Ireland with the fifth-century missionaries was more than just a literate religion; it was very much a religion of the book.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/christianity-latin-tradition-early-medieval-ireland/feed/ 0 Amending the Ascetic: Community and Character in the Old English Life of St. Mary of Egypt http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/amending-ascetic-community-character-old-english-life-st-mary-egypt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/amending-ascetic-community-character-old-english-life-st-mary-egypt/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:44:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51814 Among the most eligible saints for such treatment, Mary of Egypt deserves particular consideration: her popularity is evidenced by over a hundred extant Greek manuscripts of her Life and her uniquely prominent position in the Lenten liturgical cycle in the Eastern Church.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/amending-ascetic-community-character-old-english-life-st-mary-egypt/feed/ 0 BOOK REVIEW: “Defending the City of God” : A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem, by Sharan Newman http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/09/book-review-defending-city-god-medieval-queen-first-crusades-quest-peace-jerusalem-sharan-newman/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/09/book-review-defending-city-god-medieval-queen-first-crusades-quest-peace-jerusalem-sharan-newman/#comments Fri, 09 May 2014 22:42:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49497 This is my review of Sharan Newman's latest book, Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/09/book-review-defending-city-god-medieval-queen-first-crusades-quest-peace-jerusalem-sharan-newman/feed/ 0 Women, War, and Social Change in Armenia during the Mongol Domination http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/22/women-war-and-social-change-in-armenia-during-the-mongol-domination/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/22/women-war-and-social-change-in-armenia-during-the-mongol-domination/#comments Sat, 23 Nov 2013 01:01:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45136 The Mongol conquest of Armenia precipitated social changes that were in motion since the late 10th-early 11th centuries, such as the dissolution of some princely houses, the realignment of others, as well as the rise of new ones.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/22/women-war-and-social-change-in-armenia-during-the-mongol-domination/feed/ 0 Conservation at Ani Cathedral and the Church of the Holy Savior http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/20/conservation-at-ani-cathedral-and-the-church-of-the-holy-savior/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/20/conservation-at-ani-cathedral-and-the-church-of-the-holy-savior/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:40:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38811 Ani, a dramatic, windswept archaeological site in eastern Turkey, was once a thriving medieval city on the trade route through Central Asia.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/20/conservation-at-ani-cathedral-and-the-church-of-the-holy-savior/feed/ 0 Conversion and Empire: Byzantine Missionaries, Foreign Rulers, and Christian Narratives (ca. 300-900) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/conversion-and-empire-byzantine-missionaries-foreign-rulers-and-christian-narratives-ca-300-900/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/conversion-and-empire-byzantine-missionaries-foreign-rulers-and-christian-narratives-ca-300-900/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:08:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37709 For a broader modern audience today, if taken somewhat journalistically, Pusicius’ story is an example that cuts along cultural and religious lines that presumably originate in ancient, political divisions and confirm a “clash of civilizations” thesis.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/conversion-and-empire-byzantine-missionaries-foreign-rulers-and-christian-narratives-ca-300-900/feed/ 0 The Indigenous Christians of the Arabic Middle East in an Age of Crusaders, Mongols, and Mamlūks (1244-1366) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-indigenous-christians-of-the-arabic-middle-east-in-an-age-of-crusaders-mongols-and-mamluks-1244-1366/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-indigenous-christians-of-the-arabic-middle-east-in-an-age-of-crusaders-mongols-and-mamluks-1244-1366/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:03:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37697 The chronological period of study is highlighted by the usurpation of the Ayyūbid-ruled Sultanate by the Baḥrī Mamlūks, while the two most important political-military events in the region were the collapse of the Crusader States and the invasion of the Mongols. This thesis will examine how events impacted on the nine Christian Confessions, treating each separately.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-indigenous-christians-of-the-arabic-middle-east-in-an-age-of-crusaders-mongols-and-mamluks-1244-1366/feed/ 0 Caucasia and the Second Byzantine Commonwealth: Byzantinization in the Context of Regional Coherence http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/09/caucasia-and-the-second-byzantine-commonwealth-byzantinization-in-the-context-of-regional-coherence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/09/caucasia-and-the-second-byzantine-commonwealth-byzantinization-in-the-context-of-regional-coherence/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:22:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33536 The Romano-Byzantine landscape was forever changed in the seventh century with Heraclius’ defeat of Sasanian Iran, the Arabs’ wresting of the Near East from the Byzantines, the removal of the Monophysite problem from Byzantium proper, and the massive devastation
brought by this ferocious cycle of warfare.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/09/caucasia-and-the-second-byzantine-commonwealth-byzantinization-in-the-context-of-regional-coherence/feed/ 0 Caucasia and the First Byzantine Commonwealth: Christianization in the Context of Regional Coherence http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/08/caucasia-and-the-first-byzantine-commonwealth-christianization-in-the-context-of-regional-coherence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/08/caucasia-and-the-first-byzantine-commonwealth-christianization-in-the-context-of-regional-coherence/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:58:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33534 Since at least the Iron Age, and perhaps much earlier, Caucasia has been a cohesive yet diverse zone of cross-cultural encounter and shared historical experience. Despite their linkage by a web of interconnections which was as dense as it was durable, the peoples inhabiting the isthmus between the Black and Caspian Seas have seldom exhibited a conscious regional identity in their oral, written, and visual monuments.

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