Mattos Uhayeci and His Chronicle (Medieval Mediterranean) (English and Armenian Edition)

272 Pages·2016·1.823 MB·English, Armenian

by  Tara L. Andrews

MattʿēosUṙhayecʿiandHisChronicle
The Medieval Mediterranean
peoples, economies and cultures, 400–1500
ManagingEditor
FrancesAndrews(St.Andrews)
Editors
TamarHerzig(TelAviv)
PaulMagdalino(St.Andrews)
LarryJ.Simon(WesternMichiganUniversity)
DanielLordSmail(HarvardUniversity)
JoVanSteenbergen(GhentUniversity)
AdvisoryBoard
DavidAbulafia(Cambridge)
BenjaminArbel(TelAviv)
HughKennedy(soas,London)
volume 108
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Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi and
His Chronicle
HistoryasApocalypseinaCrossroadsof Cultures
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
TransliterationofNamesandPlaces xiii
1 TheOriginsoftheChronicle 1
TheAuthoroftheChronicle 3
Uṙhayecʿi’sEdessa 9
TheArmenianHistoriographicalTradition 12
Uṙhayecʿi’sSourcesofInformation 15
2 TheNewAgeofProphecy:TheChronicle’sPlaceinArmenian
Historiography 23
ArmenianHistoricalPhilosophy 23
Uṙhayecʿi’sHistoricalPhilosophy 27
ThePropheciesofYovhannēsKozeṙn 30
ThePropheciesFulfilled:TheStructureoftheChronicle 37
Conclusion 43
3 ‘TheViolentMassacres,ThisDreadfulWrath’:Armeniainthe
Chronicle 44
TheIdealizedPast:ThePresentationofPre-1020Armenia 46
TheLossoftheArmenianKingdoms:1000–1045 49
471–472(1021–1024):Basilii’sEasternCampaignandIts
Consequences 52
490–494(1041–1046):TurkishInvasionsandtheLossof
Independence 57
TheOccupiedEastandtheArmeniansinExile 60
TheRoyalFamiliesinExile 62
TheRiseandFallofPhilaretos 64
TheArmenianMagnatesofCiliciaandSyria 66
TheSlowRevival:TheArmeniansandtheCrusaders 68
TheRiseofGeorgia,1121–1129 70
Conclusion 71
4 ‘UndertheAegisoftheRomanEmperor’:UṙhayecʿionByzantium 74
TheEraofGrowingByzantineDominationovertheArmenians 79
TheWaningofByzantineInfluence 91
Conclusions 98
viii contents
5 Muslim,Persian,orTurk?TheArmenianChroniclerandthe
‘Infidels’ 101
TheRoleofMuslimswithinArmenianHistory 105
WhichMuslims? 108
Tenth-centuryMuslimsintheChronicle 110
TheAppearanceoftheTurks 112
RealityandMyth:TheArmeniansunderTurkish
Domination 114
Conclusion 119
6 ‘TheNationofValiantOnes’:TheCrusadersinUṙhayecʿi’sEyes 121
TheLocalBackgroundtotheCrusade 123
ThePlaceoftheCrusadersinthePropheticFrameworkof
Kozeṙn 127
UṙhayecʿiasaSourceforCrusadingPolitics 133
Conclusion 138
7 ‘ManyBreakAwayfromtheFaith’:EasternChristianityinthe
Chronicle 139
BeforetheFall:EcclesiasticalHistorybefore1033 142
TheRecentPast:Uṙhayecʿi’sChurchinUncertainTimes 148
TheArmenianChurchintheWakeoftheFirstCrusade 151
TheCommunityofClericsasSeenintheChronicle 152
Aftermath:ByzantiuminCiliciaandtheCouncilof
Jerusalem 153
8 TheHistoryoftheChronicle 155
TheTextoftheChronicle 155
UsebyLaterArmenianHistorians 158
GrigorErēcʿ 158
TheEarliestWitness:SmbatSparapet 159
RecognitionbyLaterHistorians 162
TheManuscriptTraditionoftheChronicle 164
TheVeniceGroup 165
TheViennaGroup 167
TheCopyistofLviv 169
TheVałaršapatPrimaryText 170
PrintPublicationandModernReception 171
9 Conclusion 177
contents ix
Appendixa:TextandTranslationofSelectedExcerptsfromthe
Chronicle 183
Appendixb:ListsofRulersofthePeriod 232
Appendixc:ListofallKnownManuscripts 233
Maps 235
Bibliography 238
Index 251