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 Through the analysis of primary sources and unpublished documents, the theme of travel to Armenia is addressed from historical, art-historical, religious, philological and literary perspectives, covering a period of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.
The Soviet Union • Venetian Travellers • Western travellers • Bitov • Armenia • Het’um • Toporov • Turkey • Embassies • Free expression • Kemal Yalçin • Ararat • Gaṙni • Genocide • Manuscripts • Western Armenia • Genocide stages • Strabo • Jewish Russians • Propaganda Fide • Paolo Piromalli • Early modern missions • Catholicos • Ottoman Empire • Crimea • Dominican Order • Armenian manuscripts • Memoirs • Ōgostinos Baǰenc‘ • Journey of discovery • Persia • Councils • Ottomans • Mechitarist Congregation • Cilicia • Parrot • Barbaro • Crypto-Armenians • Caucasian text • Armenian text • British noblemen • Dissidents • Armenia/Armenias • Abovian • Identity • Naxiǰewan • Rise of archaeology, 17th to 19th centuries • Travel literature • Angiolello • Paolo Maria Cittadini • Travels • Cultural Memory • Travel diary