Matt'eos Urhayec'i and his chronicle
Subtitle: history as apocalypse in a crossroads of cultures
By: by Tara L. Andrews
Series: The Medieval Mediterranean; peoples, economies and cultures, 400-1500 -- volume 108; Medieval Mediterranean -- v. 108.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9789004330344; 9789004330351
Subjects: History; Crusades; Sources
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of the Chronicle; title: The author of the Chronicle; title: Urhayec'i's Edessa; title: The Armenian historiographical tradition; title: Urhayec'i's sources of information; title: The new age of prophecy : the Chronicle's place in Armenian historiography; title: Armenian historical philosophy; title: Urhayec'i's historical philosophy; title: The prophecies of Yovhannes Kozern; title: The prophecies fulfilled : the structure of the Chronicle; title: Armenia in the Chronicle; title: The idealized past : the presentation of pre-1020 Armenia; title: The loss of the Armenian kingdoms : 1000-1045; title: 471-472 (1021-1024) : Basil II's eastern campaign and its consequences; title: 490-494 (1041-1046) : Turkish invasions and the loss of independence; title: The occupied east and the Armenians in exile; title: The royal families in exile; title: The rise and fall of Philaretos; title: The Armenian magnates of Cilicia and Syria; title: The slow revival : the Armenians and the crusaders; title: The rise of Georgia, 1121-1129; title: 'Under the aegis of the Roman emperor' : Urhayec'i on Byzantium; title: The era of growing Byzantine domination over the Armenians; title: The waning of Byzantine influence; title: Muslim, Persian, or Turk? The Armenian chronicler and the 'infidels'; title: The role of muslims within Armenian history; title: Which muslims?; title: Tenth-century muslims in the chronicle; title: The appearance of the Turks; title: Reality and myth : the Armenians under Turkish domination; title: 'The nation of valiant ones' : the crusaders in Urhayec'i's eyes; title: The local background to the crusade; title: The place of the crusaders in the prophetic framework of Kozern; title: Urhayec'i as a source for crusading politics; title: Eastern Christianity in the Chronicle; title: Before the fall : ecclesiastical history before 1033; title: The recent past : Urhayec'i's church in uncertain times; title: The Armenian Church in the wake of the First Crusade; title: The community of clerics as seen in the Chronicle; title: Aftermath : Byzantium in Cilicia and the Council of Jerusalem; title: The history of the Chronicle; title: The text of the Chronicle; title: Use by later Armenian historians; title: Grigor Erec'; title: The earliest witness : Smbat Sparapet; title: Recognition by later historians; title: The manuscript tradition of the Chronicle; title: The Venice group; title: The Vienna group; title: The copyist of lviv; title: The Valarsapat primary text; title: Print publication and modern reception; title: Appendix A : Text of selected excerpts from the Chronicle; title: Appendix B : Translation of excerpts from the Chronicle; title: Appendix C : Lists of rulers of the period; title: Appendix D : List of all known manuscripts.