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The universal history of Step'anos Tarōnec'i : introduction, translation, and commentary
- Title
- The universal history of Step'anos Tarōnec'i : introduction, translation, and commentary / Tim Greenwood.
- Author
- Stepʻanos, Tarōnetsʻi, active 10th-11th century.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Greenwood, Tim
- Description
- xiv, 358 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The 'Universal History' ('Patmut'iwn tiezerakan') of Step'anos Taronec'i is a history of the world in three books, composed by the Armenian scholar at the end of the tenth century and extending from the era of Abraham to the turn of the first millennium. It was completed in 1004/5 CE, at a time when the Byzantine Empire was expanding eastwards across the districts of historic Armenia and challenging key aspects of Armenian identity. Step'anos responded to these changing circumstances by looking to the past and fusing Armenian tradition with Persian, Roman, and Islamic history, thereby asserting that Armenia had a prominent and independent place in world history. The 'Universal History' was intended to affirm and reinforce Armenian cultural memory. This volume presents the first ever English translation of this work, drawing upon Manukyan's 2012 critical edition of the text, and is also the first study and translation of the Universal History to be published outside Armenia for a century. Fully annotated and with a substantial introduction, it not only provides an accessible guide to the text, drawing on the most up-to-date scholarship available, but also offers valuable new insights into the significance of an often overlooked work, the intellectual and literary contexts within which it was composed, and its place in the Armenian tradition.
- Series Statement
- Oxford studies in Byzantium
- Uniform Title
- Patmutʻiwn tiezerakan. English
- Oxford studies in Byzantium.
- Alternative Title
- Patmutʻiwn tiezerakan.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-8039
- ISBN
- 9780198792512
- 0198792514
- OCLC
- 993086600
- Author
- Stepʻanos, Tarōnetsʻi, active 10th-11th century.
- Title
- The universal history of Step'anos Tarōnec'i : introduction, translation, and commentary / Tim Greenwood.
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Oxford studies in ByzantiumOxford studies in Byzantium.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Greenwood, Tim, writer of introduction, writer of added text, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-8039