The Sasanian world through Georgian eyes : Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian literature

The Sasanian world through Georgian eyes Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian literature

"Georgian literary sources for Late Antiquity are commonly held to be later productions devoid of historical value. As a result, scholarship outside the Republic of Georgia has privileged Graeco-Roman and even Armenian narratives. However, when investigated within the dual contexts of a regiona...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rapp, Stephen H., author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate [2014]
Subjects:
Sassanids > Historiography.
Sassanids > History > Sources.
Georgian literature > History and criticism.
Hagiography > History and criticism.
Georgian language > To 1100 > Texts.
Iran > History > To 640 > Historiography.
Georgia (Republic) > History > To 1801 > Historiography.
Georgia (Republic) > Kings and rulers > Historiography.
Caucasus > Historiography.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Contexts
  • Part I. Hagiographical texts
  • The vitae of Šušanik and Evstatʻi
  • The Nino cycle
  • Part II. Historiographical texts
  • Early historiography and its corpora
  • The Life of the kings
  • The Life of the successors of Mirian
  • The Life of Vaxtang Gorgasali
  • Ps.-Juanšer's continuation
  • Epilogue: Hambavi Mep'et'a and Sasanian Caucasia
  • Appendix I: Terminological note
  • Appendix II: Table of Georgian literary sources for the Sasanian era
  • Appendix III: Table of K'art'velian kings and presiding princes until the end of the Sasanian Empire
  • Appendix IV: Table of Mihrānid Bidax'es of Somxitʻi-Gugarkʻ
  • Appendix V: Table of Sasanian [Shāhanshāhs].

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