The Sasanian world through Georgian eyes : Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian literature / by Stephen H. Rapp Jr

• VerfasserIn: Rapp, Stephen H.
• Place / Publishing House: Farnham : Ashgate, 2014
• Année de publication: 2014
• Langue: English
• Description matérielle: XXIV, 513 S.; Ill., Kt.
• Notes: Literaturverz. S. [393] - 497
• Résumé: "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 Caucasia's diverse peoples in the Iranian Commonwealth, early Georgian texts emerge as a rich repository of Late Antique attitudes and outlooks. Georgian hagiographical and historiographical compositions open a unique window onto a northern part of the Sasanian world that, while sharing striking affinities with the Iranian heartland, was home to vibrant, cosmopolitan cultures that developed along their own trajectories.
• ISBN: 9781472425522
• ac_no: AC12132701
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Stephen H. Rapp Jr

"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...