Composing world history at the margins of empire: Armenian and Byzantine traditions in comparative perspective

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Abstract

This chapter takes a fresh approach to examine how authors from ‘peripheral’ states wrote themselves into global world history. Basing his argument on primary manuscript research, Greenwood meticulously tracks the process by which early medieval Armenian historians recast their narratives into components of (Greek) universal history texts, thus enabling them to claim parity with the larger polities that surrounded them.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGlobal Byzantium
Subtitle of host publicationpapers from the Fiftieth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies
EditorsLeslie Brubaker, Rebecca Darley, Dan Reynolds
Place of PublicationAbingdon, Oxon
PublisherRoutledge Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter4
Pages87-107
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9780429291012
ISBN (Print)9780367260149, 9781032270197
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jul 2022

Publication series

NamePublications (Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies (Great Britain))
Volume24

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