Aristakes Lastivertsi
Aristakes Lastivertsi (Armenian: Ô±Ö€Õ«Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¯Õ¥Õ½ Ô¼Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ«Õ¾Õ¥Ö€ÖÕ«; 1002 – 1080[1]) was a medieval Armenian historian and chronicler. The author of many works, Aristakes' most valuable contribution in the field of the historiography was his History: About the Sufferings Visited Upon by Foreign Peoples Living Around Us (ÕŠÕ¡Õ¿Õ´Õ¸Ö‚Õ©ÕµÕ¸Ö‚Õ¶: Õ´Õ¥Ö€ Õ·Ö€Õ»Õ¡ÕºÕ¡Õ¿Õ« Õ¡ÕµÕ¬Õ¡ÖÕ¥Õ² Õ¡Õ¦Õ£Õ¥Ö€Õ«Ö Õ´Õ¥Õ¦ Õ°Õ¡Õ½Õ¡Õ® Õ¡Ö€Õ°Õ¡Õ¾Õ«Ö€Ö„Õ¶Õ¥Ö€Õ« Õ´Õ¡Õ½Õ«Õ¶), which described Armenia's relations with the Byzantine Empire and Georgia and the devastating Seljuk invasions of the 11th century.
Biography
Once thought to have been born in a village with either the name Lastivard or Lastivert, scholars now believe that Aristakes was born in a village, possibly near the city of Artsn, called Lastiver.[2] Details about his life are fragmented. As a vardapet, he was well versed in Christian theology and knew Greek and probably several other languages. He wrote his history from 1072 to 1079, without the support of a patron, recounting contemporary history of which he was an eyewitness. Composed of 25 chapters and a unique colophon, Aristakes describes the Seljuk invasions in 1047-48 through the capture of Ani in 1064 and the Battle of Manzikert (1071).[3]
References
- ↑ (Armenian) Manukyan, Gurgen. "Introduction" in Ô±Ö€Õ«Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¯Õ¥Õ½ Ô¼Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ«Õ¾Õ¥Ö€ÖÕ«: ÕŠÕ¡Õ¿Õ´Õ¸Ö‚Õ©ÕµÕ¸Ö‚Õ¶ (Aristakes Lastivertsi: History). A. Abrahamyan (ed.) Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Hayastan Publishing, 1971, pp. vii-viii.
- ↑ Manukyan. "Introduction", p. vii.
- ↑ Manukyan. "Introduction", pp. x-xi.
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