Sanctity, Gender and Authority in Medieval Caucasia

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dc.contributor.authorAleksidze, Nikoloz
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T08:15:50Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T08:15:50Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024.- 342 pages
dc.descriptionԳիրքը ՀԱԳ- ում բացակայում է։ Տվյալները՝ ՖԲ Library of Byzantine Studies կայքից
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dc.descriptionIntroduction: The Cult of Saints and Body Politic-Part I-Introduction to Part I Late Antique Foundations-1 Saints at the Foundations -2 An Exceptional Saint for Exceptional Times: The Cult of St Nino-3 The Politics of Female Relics-Conclusion to Part I Relics, Gender and Politics in Late Antique Caucasia-Part II-Introduction to Part II The Saintly World of the Bagratids-4 Masculinising Saints: The Bagratids-5 The Lot(s) of the Mother of God-6 The Queen’s Three Bodies-Conclusion to Part II The Legacy and Myth of Queen Tamar-Part III-Introduction to Part III The Rhetoric of Gender and Sanctity from Imperialism to Nationalism-7 The Saints of the Empire-8 The Saints of the Nation-9 The Sacred, the Feminine and the National-Conclusion to Part III The Modern Lives of Old Saints-Final Remarks-Bibliography-Index of Personal Names-Index of Place Names
dc.description.abstractFrom the early fourth century, the veneration of saints and relics spread rapidly across Christendom from the British Isles to Iran. In late antique Caucasia, the cult of the saints was immediately integrated into Armenian and Georgian identity and political discourses. It was used to legitimise royal rule, sanctify domains and dynasties, define political realms and justify political decisions. This book is the first systematic study of this history. Discussing a wide variety of sources from Armenia, Georgia, Byzantium and Russia which have not been examined together before, it investigates the interaction of sanctity, holy relics, gender and politics in the medieval Caucasus, with a particular focus on Georgia. Nikoloz Aleksidze analyses three chronological eras: the first section focuses on late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, when the cult of the relics was formed in Caucasian writing; the second explores the medieval era, when the Bagratids ruled in Georgia and the cults of figures such as St George, the Mother of God and Queen Tamar were shaped and politicised; and the third navigates a similar entanglement of sanctity, gender and political rhetoric in Russian Imperial and Georgian national discourse
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.nla.am/handle/123456789/11423
dc.languageEnglish
dc.pages342 pages
dc.publication.placeEdinburgh
dc.publishing.houseEdinburgh University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEdinburgh Byzantine Studies
dc.subjectChristian saints-Cult-Political aspects-Caucasus
dc.titleSanctity, Gender and Authority in Medieval Caucasia
dc.typeBook
eperson.lastnamearmenica1
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