Thesis
Prolegomena to a critical edition of the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, with a discussion of computer-aided methods used to edit the text
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The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa is the primary Armenian-language historical source for the eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Matthew was a monk who lived in the ethnically mixed city of Edessa; within his Chronicle, he describes the apogee of independent Armenia, its fall to piecemeal Byzantine annexation, the subsequent loss of Byzantium's eastern territory to the newcomer Saljuq Turks, and the sectarian tension that accompanied the First Crusade. This thesis sets out the methodolog...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2009
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
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- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:3041
- Deposit date:
- 2009-11-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Andrews, T
- Copyright date:
- 2009
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