Matt'eos Urhayec'i and his chronicle :: history as apocalypse in a crossroads of cultures /

In Mattēos Uṙhayeci and His Chronicle Tara L. Andrews presents the first ever in-depth study of the history written by this Armenian priest, who lived in Edessa (modern-day Urfa in Turkey) around the turn of the twelfth century and was an eyewitness to the First Crusade and the establishment of th...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Andrews, Tara L. (Tara Lee), 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
Schriftenreihe:Medieval Mediterranean ; volume 108.
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Zusammenfassung:In Mattēos Uṙhayeci and His Chronicle Tara L. Andrews presents the first ever in-depth study of the history written by this Armenian priest, who lived in Edessa (modern-day Urfa in Turkey) around the turn of the twelfth century and was an eyewitness to the First Crusade and the establishment of the Latin East. Although the Chronicle is known as an extremely valuable source of information for the eleventh- and early twelfth-century Near East, neither its guiding structure nor Uṙhayecis motivation in writing it have ever been clear to modern historians. This study elucidates the prophetic framework within which the text was written, and demonstrates how that framework has influenced Uṙhayecis understanding of the time in which he lived.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-250) and index.
ISBN:9789004330351
9004330356