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In enemy hands: the Byzantine experience of captivity between the seventh and tenth centuries

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 430-458, August 2023., 2023
The present paper deals with forced migration experienced by subjects of the Byzantine Empire captured by foreign enemies in the context of warfare between the seventh and the tenth centuries. The focus of the first part is on the scenarios faced by individuals and groups when an enemy had taken control of a settlement or a larger territory. The second
Grigori Simeonov
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History and iconography of Grigor Narekats i’s vision

Шаги, 2023
The great Armenian poet Grigor Narekatsi (Gregory of Narek; venerated as a saint of the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic Churches and declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Francis in 2015) was canonized and numbered among the saints of the Armenian ...
V. Devrikyan, Sh. Devrikyan
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‘In Contemplation only’: Revisiting the Debate between the Chalcedonians and Anti‐Chalcedonians on the Reality of the Natures of Christ

Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 490-507, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Although a theological exchange of ideas between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christians flourished at the end of the twentieth century, the ecumenical achievements of these discussions have been met with notable objections and critiques by theologians.
Sebastian Mateiescu
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Christianity and Christians in Shakī and Shīrvān from the Earliest Times Until the end of the Safavid Era

Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti, 2023
The paper examines the religious aspects of the history of Shakī and Shīrvān regions of Eastern Caucasus from the times of the spread of Christianity there until the end of Safavid rule over it.
Kristine Kostikyan, Gevorg Stepanyan, Gohar Mkhitaryan   +2 more
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Simon of Tournai's Stroke: The Image of an Irate Unbeliever

Journal of Religious History, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 243-273, June 2023., 2023
For centuries after his death in the late twelfth century, Simon of Tournai, a master of theology in the Parisian schools, had a reputation for being an unbeliever punished by God with a stroke. This article gathers the eight known medieval sources for his stroke and examines them from a mythogenetic perspective to demonstrate how different authors ...
Keagan Brewer
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Looking Together as Method

Visual Anthropology Review, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 200-229, Spring 2023., 2023
Abstract Between 1896 and 1908, over 4300 Ottoman Armenians emigrated abroad through terk‐i tabiiyet, an expatriation process that required emigrants never return to the empire. A key step in this process was sitting for a photograph. Using Ottoman Armenian expatriation photographs as an example, this article details “looking together” as a method for ...
ZEYNEP DEVRİM GÜRSEL
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Two Nineteenth-Century Syriac Orthodox Colophons Giving Accounts of The Hamidian Massacres

Études Arméniennes Contemporaines, 2022
This article introduces two late nineteenth-century colophons written by Syriac Orthodox scribes outside Anatolia commenting on the series of massacres occurring in 1894-1896 across the Ottoman Empire better known as the “Hamidian Massacres” after the ...
Simon Luke Robinson Burke
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Minorities or citizens in the Middle East? Locating the ‘minority question’ in the intersecting histories of collective national belonging and state‐building

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 295-310, January 2023., 2023
Abstract This article contributes to the growing scholarship on minority politics in the Middle East by arguing that if minorities are socially or politically constructed then the meaning and implications of minority terminology requires greater historical contextualisation.
Elizabeth Monier
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The City of Gandzak as Patriarchal Residence of Ałuank

Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti, 2023
In 552, Partav, the administrative center of Ałuank (Caucasian Albania, Aran) marzpanate, became the first episcopal residence of the finally established Patriar-chate of Ałuank.
Melanya Balayan
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Nonmarine Ostracoda as proxies in (geo‐)archaeology — A review

Geoarchaeology, Volume 37, Issue 5, Page 711-732, September/October 2022., 2022
Abstract Ostracods as bioindicators are extremely useful for reconstructing palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate and can also indicate the provenance of sediments and materials, for example, in studies on ancient commercial networks. Ostracods are small crustaceans that live in almost all aquatic habitats, both natural and man‐made.
Ella Quante, Anna Pint, Peter Frenzel
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