Part of the Sophene Dual Language Series:
This is the complete 2-volume paperback set of Kirakos Gandzaketsi's History of the Armenians, in Classical Armenian with a facing English translation by Robert Bedrosian.
Kirakos Gandzaketsi's History of the Armenians is a primary source for the study of the Armenian highlands in the 13th c. This lengthy work, which has survived in 65 chapters, is divided thematically into sections. Part I is a summary of Armenian church and political history from the 4th c. – 12th c. Part II describes political and military events in the 12thcentury, both in Eastern Armenia and in the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia. Part III contains a biographical list of the Catholicoi of Aghuania. Finally, the author described the events of his own day: the period of the Zak'arids, the Mongol invasions and domination, and their impact on the Armenians and other peoples of the Middle East.
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Book Details
Length: 282 pages (Volume I) and 372 pages (Volume II)
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: August 9, 2022
Original Language: Classical Armenian
Translated Language: English
ISBN-13: Volume 1: 978-1-925937-66-4, Volume 2: 978-1-925937-68-8
