Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures in Volume I
- Figures in Volume II
- Maps in Volume I
- Maps in Volume II
- Tables in Volume I
- Contributors to Volume I
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Transliterations
- Abbreviations
- Volume I
- Volume II
- Volume II Part 1 Literary Sources
- 1 Persian Sources
- 2 Chinese Sources
- 3 Mongolian Sources
- 4 Arabic Sources
- 5 Rus′ian-Language Sources
- 6 Western European Sources
- 7 Armenian Sources
- 8 Georgian Sources
- 9 Turkic and Chaghatay Sources
- 10 Tibetan Sources
- 11 Korean Sources
- 12 Syriac Sources
- 13 Uighur Sources
- 14 Greek Sources
- 15 Tangut Sources
- 16 Hebrew Sources
- Volume II Part 2 Archaeological and Visual Sources
- Index to Volume I
- Index to Volume II
- References
7 - Armenian Sources
from Volume II Part 1 - Literary Sources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2024
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures in Volume I
- Figures in Volume II
- Maps in Volume I
- Maps in Volume II
- Tables in Volume I
- Contributors to Volume I
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Transliterations
- Abbreviations
- Volume I
- Volume II
- Volume II Part 1 Literary Sources
- 1 Persian Sources
- 2 Chinese Sources
- 3 Mongolian Sources
- 4 Arabic Sources
- 5 Rus′ian-Language Sources
- 6 Western European Sources
- 7 Armenian Sources
- 8 Georgian Sources
- 9 Turkic and Chaghatay Sources
- 10 Tibetan Sources
- 11 Korean Sources
- 12 Syriac Sources
- 13 Uighur Sources
- 14 Greek Sources
- 15 Tangut Sources
- 16 Hebrew Sources
- Volume II Part 2 Archaeological and Visual Sources
- Index to Volume I
- Index to Volume II
- References
Summary
The twelfth–thirteenth centuries formed one of the richest periods in Armenian historiography. Armenian sources of that period can be classified as general histories, chronicles, hagiographic sources, colophons, epigraphic sources or inscriptions, and poetry. They are essential for understanding the patterns of thought of medieval Armenians as well as of the Mongols. The Armenian sources differ in their attitudes toward the Mongols, expressing both neutral and personal views, and depending on where they were written, in Greater Armenia or in Cilician Armenia. The information of these historians varies according to their views of certain historical events, which are based on their culture, locality, and time and style of writing, as well as the character of the sources, whether chronicles or historical compilations.
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- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire , pp. 1114 - 1134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023