Medievalists.net » Caucauses http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Georgian Sources http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/21/georgian-sources/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/21/georgian-sources/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:33:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24342 Georgian Sources By Stephen H. Rapp Jr. Proceedings of the British Academy, No.132 (2007) Introduction: The eviction of the Muslims, the annihilation of the ‘barbarians’, the pacification of the Seljuk sultan and the Byzantine emperor: such is the bold assessment of Georgia’s condition in the time of the crusades by the biographer of the Georgian […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/21/georgian-sources/feed/ 0 Real and imagined feudalism in highland Georgia http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/04/real-and-imagined-feudalism-in-highland-georgia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/04/real-and-imagined-feudalism-in-highland-georgia/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:58:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16535 Real and imagined feudalism in highland Georgia By Kevin Tuite Amirani, Vol.7 (2002) Introduction: During the 8th-9th centuries, a system of land tenure and political organization that has been described as “feudal” arose in the Transcaucasus. As in Western Europe, Georgian feudalism was characterized by (1) the hierarchical and personal relation between vassal and lord […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/04/real-and-imagined-feudalism-in-highland-georgia/feed/ 0 Armenia from the Fall of the Cilician Kingdom (1375) to the Forced Emigration under Shah Abbas (1604) http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/15/armenia-from-the-fall-of-the-cilician-kingdom-1375-to-the-forced-emigration-under-shah-abbas-1604/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/15/armenia-from-the-fall-of-the-cilician-kingdom-1375-to-the-forced-emigration-under-shah-abbas-1604/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:12:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=15406 Armenia from the Fall of the Cilician Kingdom (1375) to the Forced Emigration under Shah Abbas (1604) By Dickran Kouymjian The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, Vol.2, editor Richard Hovannisian, editor (New York, 1997) Introduction: The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are the dark ages of Armenian history. The poverty of historical sources reflects the […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/15/armenia-from-the-fall-of-the-cilician-kingdom-1375-to-the-forced-emigration-under-shah-abbas-1604/feed/ 0 Medicinal Properties of Cannabis According to Medieval Manuscripts of Azerbaijan http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/07/medicinal-properties-of-cannabis-according-to-medieval-manuscripts-of-azerbaijan/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/07/medicinal-properties-of-cannabis-according-to-medieval-manuscripts-of-azerbaijan/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:39:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=13513 Medicinal Properties of Cannabis According to Medieval Manuscripts of Azerbaijan By Farid U. Alakbaro Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics, Vol. 1:2 (2001) Abstract: Azerbaijani people have rich and ancient traditions in the medicinal use of cannabis. The traditional methods of its application are described in the medieval Azerbaijani manuscripts in the field of medicine and pharmacognosy written […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/07/medicinal-properties-of-cannabis-according-to-medieval-manuscripts-of-azerbaijan/feed/ 0 Prolegomena to a critical edition of the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, with a discussion of computer-aided methods used to edit the text http://www.medievalists.net/2010/03/20/prolegomena-to-a-critical-edition-of-the-chronicle-of-matthew-of-edessa-with-a-discussion-of-computer-aided-methods-used-to-edit-the-text/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/03/20/prolegomena-to-a-critical-edition-of-the-chronicle-of-matthew-of-edessa-with-a-discussion-of-computer-aided-methods-used-to-edit-the-text/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:37:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=7320 Prolegomena to a critical edition of the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, with a discussion of computer-aided methods used to edit the text By Tara L. Andrews D.Phil, University of Oxford, 2009 Abstract: The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa is the primary Armenian-language historical source for the eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Matthew was a […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2010/03/20/prolegomena-to-a-critical-edition-of-the-chronicle-of-matthew-of-edessa-with-a-discussion-of-computer-aided-methods-used-to-edit-the-text/feed/ 0 The Symbolic Significance of Medieval Armenian Canon Tables http://www.medievalists.net/2009/11/12/the-symbolic-significance-of-medieval-armenian-canon-tables/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/11/12/the-symbolic-significance-of-medieval-armenian-canon-tables/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:05:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=4956 The Symbolic Significance of Medieval Armenian Canon Tables By Roseen Giles Saeculum Undergraduate Academic Journal, Vol 4, No 2 (2009) Introduction: The highly ornamented illuminations surrounding medieval Canon Tables, which are found in the opening folios of many Gospel books, are rich in visual symbolism. Particularly with the Eastern medieval traditions, their colourful motifs of birds, fruit […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2009/11/12/the-symbolic-significance-of-medieval-armenian-canon-tables/feed/ 0 Zvart’nots and the Origins of Christian Architecture in Armenia http://www.medievalists.net/2009/07/10/zvartnots-and-the-origins-of-christian-architecture-in-armenia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/07/10/zvartnots-and-the-origins-of-christian-architecture-in-armenia/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:28:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=3985 Zvart’nots and the Origins of Christian Architecture in Armenia By W. Eugene Kleinbauer The Art Bulletin, Vol. 54, No. 3, (1972) Introduction: Occupying a central position in the problem of the origins of Armenian ecclesiastical architecture is the church of Zvart’nots, even in ruins an impressive site. Like a ziggurat towering up mountainously from the flat […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2009/07/10/zvartnots-and-the-origins-of-christian-architecture-in-armenia/feed/ 0 The Armenian and Byzantine Foundations of the Concept of Jihad http://www.medievalists.net/2009/04/05/the-armenian-and-byzantine-foundations-of-the-concept-of-jihad/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/04/05/the-armenian-and-byzantine-foundations-of-the-concept-of-jihad/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:52:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=2806 What those ideas were I shall endeavor to make clear by first translating and then commenting on the passage in question. After that I propose to draw the reader's attention to certain broad but significant similarities between these ideas and the concept of Jihad as initially expressed and enunciated in the pages of the Qur'an.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2009/04/05/the-armenian-and-byzantine-foundations-of-the-concept-of-jihad/feed/ 0 Sixth Century Alania: between Byzantium, Sasanian Iran and the Turkic World http://www.medievalists.net/2008/12/11/sixth-century-alania-between-byzantium-sasanian-iran-and-the-turkic-world/ http://www.medievalists.net/2008/12/11/sixth-century-alania-between-byzantium-sasanian-iran-and-the-turkic-world/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:49:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=1394 Sixth Century Alania: between Byzantium, Sasanian Iran and the Turkic World By Agustí Alemany Ēran ud Anērān: Studies presented to Boris Ilich Marshak on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday, edited by Compareti Matteo, Raffetta Paola and Scarcia Gianroberto (Venice, 2006)  Abstract: This paper tries to collect and analyse all available evidence – mainly from Byzantine, Iranian and Arabic sources […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2008/12/11/sixth-century-alania-between-byzantium-sasanian-iran-and-the-turkic-world/feed/ 0 Chormaqan Noyan, the first Mongol Military Governor in the Middle East http://www.medievalists.net/2008/12/11/chormaqan-noyan-the-first-mongol-military-governor-in-the-middle-east/ http://www.medievalists.net/2008/12/11/chormaqan-noyan-the-first-mongol-military-governor-in-the-middle-east/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:16:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=1392 Chormaqan Noyan, the first Mongol Military Governor in the Middle East  By Timothy May MA Thesis, Indiana University (1996) Abstract: In the year 1230, the Mongol Empire was essentially the same size as it had been when Chinggis Khan died in 1227.  After Ogodei Khan came to throne, the Mongol Empire expanded at a fairly […]

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