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Rewriting Caucasian History
Contributor(s): Thomson, Robert W. (Author), Thomson, Robert W. (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0198263732     ISBN-13: 9780198263739
Publisher: OUP Oxford
OUR PRICE: $275.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: June 1996
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Annotation: After the invention of a national script c. AD 400, Armenians rapidly developed their own literary forms, drawing on foreign texts as well as their own traditions. Historical writing is the most original genre in classical and medieval Armenian literature. The collection known as the Georgian Chronicles ('Life of Georgia' in Georgian) was finally codified in the eighteenth century. It includes the most famous of the chronicles, though these form only a small part of Georgian historical writing. The thirteenth-century Armenian version is in fact the earliest attestation of this growing corpus of texts, pre-dating all extant Georgian manuscripts of it. This book presents the two texts, Georgian and Armenian, in English translation for the first time. The Introduction and Commentary draw attention to the ways in which the unknown Armenian translator changed his original material in a pro-Armenian fashion. His rendering became the standard source for early Georgian history used by later Armenian historians. The book includes a useful overview of the background to the chronicles, the history and culture of christian Georgia and Armenia, and their respective literatures.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
- History | Ancient - General
- History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union
Dewey: 947.95
LCCN: 95040306
Lexile Measure: 1120(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1.22" H x 5.7" W x 8.84" L (1.55 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Eastern Europe
Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
 
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Publisher Description:
This is the first modern, annotated translation of the Christian chronicles of Georgia, adapted by the Armenians in the thirteenth century. An important source for writers on Armenia after 1200, the chronicles deal with the history of Georgia from its mythical origins to the time of their
composition--and are of particular interest to the historian for the way that they were then altered in a pro-Armenian manner.
 
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