Publication Details:

Medieval and Early Modern Armenian Studies is a biannual (two issues per year), peer-reviewed academic journal published in English, French, German, and Italian by the ''Matenadaran'' Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. It encourages interdisciplinary research on medieval and early modern history and culture, with a particular emphasis on Armenian Studies.

Journal or Publication Title:

Matenadaran: Medieval and Early Modern Armenian Studies (MEMAS)

Date of publication:

2024

Volume:

1

Number:

1

ISSN:

e-3041-5063

Additional Information:

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Title:

The Context of Kingship: Armeno-Georgian Claims and Rule in the 12 th‑13 th Centuries

Creator:

Baillie, James

Contributor(s):

Editor-in-Chief Aram Topchyan ; Managing Editor Ani Shahnazaryan

Subject:

History

Uncontrolled Keywords:

12th–13th centuries ; the medieval Caucasus ; political history ; Georgia ; Armenia ; prosopography ; Zak‘arean (Mkhargrdzeli)

Coverage:

139-156

Abstract:

This paper aims to examine the political situation in which the major Armeno-Georgian elite families of the later 12th and early 13th centuries held and maintained positions of power under the broad hegemony of the Georgian Bagratid dynasty. It reassesses some aspects of recent historical research and provides context based upon a brief analysis of other rulers within the Bagratid hegemony, especially in the case of the polity of Shirvan. The paper argues on the basis of these assessments that we should see claims of royal status by Armeno-Georgian elites as being accepted within the wider political frameworks of the Bagratids, rather than being a potential problem or threat to that system.

Publisher:

Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts

Type:

Article

Format:

pdf

Language:

ge ; en ; it ; fr