Armenian Journey
From Antiquity to the Present Day
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abstract
This volume gathers essays by scholars of different backgrounds dedicated to the narratives that visitors, merchants, missionaries and travellers of various historical periods and origins have dedicated to Armenia, its history and culture. Through the analysis of primary sources and unpublished documents, the theme of travel to Armenia is addressed from historical, art-historical, religious, philological and literary perspectives, covering a period of almost a thousand years.
Paolo Piromalli • Paolo Maria Cittadini • Angiolello • Barbaro • British noblemen • Western Armenia • Genocide • The Soviet Union • Early modern missions • Genocide stages • Het’um • Toporov • Travels • Councils • Bitov • Mechitarist Congregation • Armenia • Ōgostinos Baǰenc‘ • Travel diary • Armenia/Armenias • Dominican Order • Identity • Crypto-Armenians • Catholicos • Kemal Yalçin • Memoirs • Journey of discovery • Persia • Cilicia • Gaṙni • Free expression • Manuscripts • Armenian text • Abovian • Ottoman Empire • Cultural Memory • Ararat • Embassies • Caucasian text • Rise of archaeology, 17th to 19th centuries • Parrot • Dissidents • Travel literature • Propaganda Fide • Ottomans • Armenian manuscripts • Jewish Russians • Turkey • Western travellers • Crimea • Naxiǰewan • Strabo • Venetian Travellers