Caucasian Albania: An International Handbook

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2023

Caucasian Albania

An International Handbook

Edited by: Jost Gippert and Jasmine Dum-Tragut
Funded by: European Research Council (ERC) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

In the series De Gruyter Reference

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110794687

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About this book

Open Access

By consequence of the Karabakh War in 2020 and due to Azerbaijanian revisionism concerning the history, culture and cultural monuments of the region, the discussion on Caucasian "Albania", which is little known in the West in both academic and public circles, has been reignited. The handbook provides an overview of the current state of research on the Caucasian "Albanians" in an objective, scientifically sound manner. The contributions are not necessarily intended to reveal new scientific findings but rather to summarise approved knowledge. The volume brings together internationally renowned scholars, researchers and practitioners from various fields of studies reporting on and reviewing the state of research concerning the Caucasian "Albanians", their history and archaeology, their language and written monuments, their religion, church history and their art, including their relation to the Udi people of today. The companion is intended to neutrally introduce the readership to the subject of Caucasian Albania from various perspectives.

unique handbook on the historical Albania of the Caucasus

based on long-time research by international experts

highly interdisciplinary and up-to-date

Author / Editor information

Jasmine Dum-Tragut, University of Salzburg, Austria; Jost Gippert, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
I Caucasian Albania in Foreign Sources
1 Caucasian Albania in Greek and Latin Sources Marco Bais Open Access Download PDF	1
2 Caucasian Albania in Medieval Armenian Sources (5^th–13^th Centuries) Jasmine Dum-Tragut and Jost Gippert Open Access Download PDF	33
II The Heritage of Caucasian Albanian
3 The Textual Heritage of Caucasian Albanian Jost Gippert Open Access Download PDF	95
4 The Language of the Caucasian Albanians Jost Gippert and Wolfgang Schulze Open Access Download PDF	167
5 Caucasian Albanian and Modern Udi Wolfgang Schulze and Jost Gippert Open Access Download PDF	231
5A The Udis’ Petition to Tsar Peter Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev Open Access Download PDF	261
III The Caucasian Albanian Church
6 Albanians, Armenians and Georgians: a Common Liturgy Charles Renoux Open Access Download PDF	267
7 One or two? On Christological and Hierarchical Disputes and the Development of the “Church of Albania” (4^th–8^th centuries) Jasmine Dum-Tragut Open Access Download PDF	285
7A The Holy Covenant Armenuhi Drost-Abgaryan Open Access Download PDF	333
8 Albanians in the Holy Land – Absence of Archaeological Evidence or Evidence of Absence? Yana Tchekhanovets Open Access Download PDF	337
IV Architecture and Archaeology
9 Urban Planning and Architecture of Caucasian Albania. Main Monuments and Trends of Development Armen Kazaryan Open Access Download PDF	353
10 The Ensemble of the “Seven Churches” – an Ecumenical Monastery Ahead of Time? Patrick Donabédian Open Access Download PDF	387
11 Tigranakert in Artsakh Hamlet Petrosyan Open Access Download PDF	433
V Ethnic, Religious and Social Issues
12 The Ethnic Situation in Antique and Medieval Caucasian Albania Aleksan Hakobyan Open Access Download PDF	475
13 The Rebels of Early Abbasid Albania Alison M. Vacca Open Access Download PDF	489
14 “You say Albanian, I say Armenian”: Discourses of Ethnicity and Power Around an Albanian King of Armenia Sergio La Porta Open Access Download PDF	515
15 Between the Planes and the Mountains: the Albanian-Armenian Marches in the 12^th Century and David of Gandzak (c. 1065–1140) Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev Open Access Download PDF	537
15A The Gate of Ganja Jost Gippert Open Access Download PDF	571
16 Reverse Engineering: A State-Created “Albanian Apostolic Church” Hratch Tchilingirian Open Access Download PDF	581
General References Open Access Download PDF	611
Indexes Open Access Download PDF	675

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: History, Linguistics, Cultural und Religious Studies Concerning the Southern Caucasus
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 735
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 27
- Coloured Illustrations: 88
- Tables: 46
Keywords: Caucasian Albania; Caucasian Albanian Language; Eastern Orthodoxy; Southern Caucasus

eBook

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783110794687

Hardcover

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783110794595