Story of Encounters

Georgia’s Cultural, Artistic and Historical Heritage

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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This book shows how the turbulent history and the many exchanges along the major trade and silk routes at this crossroads of Europe and Asia resulted in an unimaginably rich heritage, which has remained largely unexposed until now.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-03-27
Mått230 x 280 x 16 mm
Vikt1 049 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagMeta4Books vzw
ISBN9789464666700

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5 Prefaces– Thea Tsulukiani, Baron Philippe Vlerick10 Introduction: A Brief History of Georgia– Bernard Coulie, Nino SimonishviliChapter 1: The Origins of Georgian Culture28 The Neolithic Revolution: Georgia, the Cradleof Viticulture– Mindia Jalabadze38 From Exchanges to Big Changes: South Caucasiaand Beyond in Late Prehistory– Mikheil Abramishvili52 Amirani, the Georgian Prometheus– Jean-Pierre MahéChapter 2: Georgia in Antiquity56 Local Culture and Foreign Influences: Georgiabetween Greece, Rome, and the Near East– Guram Kvirkvelia72 The Myth of the Golden Fleece– Guram Kvirkvelia74 Jason, from Colchis to Bruges: The BurgundianOrder of the Golden Fleece– Bernard CoulieChapter 3: The Formation of Medieval Georgia(4th-9th Centuries)78 Between Rome and Persia:The Christianisation of Georgia– Jean-Pierre Mahé82 An Introduction to Georgian Architecture– Gia Marsagishvili88 The Georgian Alphabet and the Georgian Scripts– Bernard Coulie91 The Georgian Language– Bernard Coulie92 Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia– Jean-Pierre Mahé94 The Thirteen Syrian Fathers– Tamar Abuladze, Tamar Otkhmezuri98 Artistic Exchanges between Sasanid Persia,Byzantium, and the Islamic World– Nina Iamanidzé104 Georgian Manuscripts– Tamar Otkhmezuri108 Illuminating Georgian Manuscripts– Nino KavtariaChapter 4: The Unification of the Kingdomand the Golden Age of Georgia (10th-13th Centuries)116 From the Arab Invasion to the Golden Age– Stephen H. Rapp Jr.124 The Ideology of War in Medieval Georgia– Mamuka Tsurtsumia127 Georgia and the Crusades– Mamuka Tsurtsumia128 The Representation of Royal Identity– Antony Eastmond134 Women in Medieval Georgia: Power and Holiness– Antony EastmondChapter 5: The Disintegration of the Unified GeorgianKingdom (13th-14th Centuries)138 The Mongol Invasions in Georgia– Andrew C.S. Peacock144 A Syncretic Image of Christian Faith:Georgian Art in the 13th-14th Centuries– Nina Iamanidzé148 Gurdji Khatun’s Patronage of Sufi Mystic in Anatolia– David Turashvili, Nino SimonishviliChapter 6: Georgia between Ottomans, Persians,and Russians (15th-17th Centuries)152 Georgian Kingdoms between Ottomans,Persians, and Russians– Jaba Samushia160 Looking at Georgia with a European Eye:Missionary Activities– Nino Simonishvili164 Georgian Elites in Muslim Countries– Jaba Samushia167 The Beginnings of Georgian Printing– Tamar AbuladzeChap. 7: From the Late Kingdoms to the RussianAnnexation (18th Century)172 The Struggle for Survival: The End of GeorgianPolitical Independence– Aldo Ferrari177 The Embassy of Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani in Europe– Valeri Asatiani178 Georgian Elites at the Russian Court– Valeri Asatiani184 Bibliography187 Photographic Acknowledgements