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 /

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"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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Main Author: Rapp, Stephen H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
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.
Electronic books.
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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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