Stephen H. Rapp Jr

The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes

Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 regional literary canon and the active participation of Caucasi

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 810g
• ISBN-13: 9781032918860
• ISBN-10: 1032918861
• Artikelnr.: 71625387

Autorenporträt

Stephen H. Rapp Jr is Associate Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Contexts. Part I Hagiographical Texts: The Vitae of Susanik and Evstat'i
The Nino Cycle. Part II Historiographical Texts: K'art'lis c'xovreba and the historiographical Mok'c'evay k'art'lisay
The Life of the Kings
The Life of the Successors of Mirian
The Life of Vaxtang Gorgasali
Ps.-Juanser's continuation. Epilogue: Hambavi mep'et'a and Sasanian Caucasia
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.