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The Significance of the Persian War (572-591) in the Narratio de rebus Armeniae

Cowe, S. Peter · 1991

A study of how the Byzantine-Persian war of 572–591 functions within the Narratio de rebus Armeniae, a key Greek-language source of Armenian Chalcedonian provenance for the ecclesiastical history of Armenia and its relations with Byzantium.

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Le Muséon, Vol. 104, No. 3-4, pp. 265–276 (Peeters); DOI 10.2143/MUS.104.3.2006074

Year

1991

Language

English

DOI

10.2143/MUS.104.3.2006074

Citation

Cowe, S. Peter 1991. The Significance of the Persian War (572-591) in the Narratio de rebus Armeniae. Le Muséon, Vol. 104, No. 3-4, pp. 265–276 (Peeters); DOI 10.2143/MUS.104.3.2006074. https://doi.org/10.2143/MUS.104.3.2006074

What this offers a reader

For students

A source-criticism exercise on one of the trickiest texts for Armenian church history.

For academics

Analysis of a foundational Chalcedonian source for Armenia's relationship with Byzantium.

For the community

The moment our church and Byzantium's parted ways, seen through a hostile source.

For a general reader

Reading a Byzantine source that saw Armenian Christianity from the outside.

Topics

Narratio de rebus Armeniae Byzantine-Persian wars Armenian Chalcedonians church historiography late antique Armenia source criticism

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