Uniform Title Letter of love and concord. English Title The letter of love and concord : a revised diplomatic edition with historical and textual comments and English translation / by Zaroui Pogossian

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 475 pages) Series The medieval Mediterranean : peoples, economies and cultures, 400-1500 ; v. 88 Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 88. Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction and Presentation of the Text; 1: The Historical and Religious Situation in Cilician Armenia in the Second Half of the Twelfth and Beginning of the Thirteenth Century; 2: The Textual Environment and the Sources of the Letter of Love and Concord; 3: The Description and the Relationship of Manuscripts, Grammar, Language; Stemmas of Manuscript Relationships; The Letter of Love and Concord (Armenian and English); Appendix A: Misplaced Text-Blocks; Appendix 1: Provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire Listed in TD Summary The Letter of Love and Concord is a unique source, which allows us a glimpse into the political and religious aspirations of the Armenian Cilician elite at the end of the twelfth century, alluding to its hopes and expectations from the Crusades and the Church of Rome, as well as its uneasy relationship with the Byzantine Empire. The Letter is especially valuable for the wealth of information it contains on the royal ideology nurtured within the highest circles of the ruling Rubenid dynasty. The study provides an analysis of the sources used by its anonymous author, placing them within a histor Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Text of the poem in Armenian and English Print version record Subject Tiridates III, King of Armenia, approximately 250-approximately 330 -- Sources Gregory, the Illuminator, Saint, approximately 240-approximately 332 -- Sources Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 -- Sources Sylvester II, Pope, approximately 945-1003 -- Sources Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 Gregory, the Illuminator, Saint, approximately 240-approximately 332 Sylvester II, Pope, approximately 945-1003 Tiridates III, King of Armenia, approximately 250-approximately 330 Armenians -- Turkey -- Cilicia -- History -- Sources Crusades -- Sources HISTORY -- General. Armenians Crusades Cilicia -- History -- Armenian Kingdom, 1080-1375 -- Sources Asia -- Cilicia Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book Author Pogossian, Zaroui. ISBN 9789004191891 9004191895 9789004192102 9004192107

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