090109 VO The History of Georgia in the Middle Ages (2017S)
an Overview (4th-16th cent. CE)
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Language: German, English
Examination dates
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 06.03. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 20.03. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 27.03. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 03.04. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 24.04. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 08.05. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 15.05. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 22.05. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 29.05. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 12.06. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 19.06. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
- Monday 26.06. 11:45 - 13:15 (Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 3.Stock)
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The course focuses on the territories of historical Georgia from the period of the Christianisation in the 4th-6th centuries CE until the emergence of Iranian-Safavid and Ottoman spheres of influence in the Caucasus in the 16th century CE. In particular, political, economic, religious and cultural relations between the Georgian lands and adjacent regions of the Caucasus as well as with the neighbouring great powers (Rome resp. Byzantium, Persia and the Islamic world, the empires of the Steppe and later Russia to the north) will be discussed. The reading and discussion of original textual sources (in translation), images and maps will highlight the significance of the history of the Georgian lands within medieval Eurasia. Parts of the course will be presented in English.
Assessment and permitted materials
Participation in the discussion of textual sources, written exam (in German).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The course is in particular intended as preparation for an excursion to Georgia planned by the Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies and the Institute for Art History in the summer term 2017. An understanding of oral presentations and written texts in the English language is required.
Examination topics
Presentations of the course instructors, reading and analysis of textual sources. Material for the preparation of the respective units will be distributed in advance among the participants via the internet.
Reading list
Bibliography (a comprehensive bibliography will be distributed at the beginning of the course):
A. Bausi (ed.), Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies. Hamburg 2015, 49-51, 175-186, 292-296.
D. C. Braund, Georgia in Antiquity. A history of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia 550 BCAD 562. Oxford 1994.
N. Doborjginidze, Die georgische Sprache im Mittelalter (Sprachen und Kulturen des christlichen Orient 17). Wiesbaden 2009.
A. Eastmond, Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia. University Park, Pa., 1998.
H. Fähnrich, Geschichte Georgiens. Leiden 2010.
St. H. Rapp, Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts and Eurasian Contexts (Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium). Leuven 2003.
K. Salia, History of the Georgian Nation. Paris 1983.
W. Seibt (Hrsg.), Die Christianisierung des Kaukasus. The Christianization of Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Albania). Referate des Internationalen Symposions (Wien, 9.12. Dezember 1999). Vienna 2002.
W. Seibt - J. Preiser-Kapeller (eds.), The Creation of the Caucasian Alphabets as Phenomenon of Cultural History. Vienna 2011.
R. G. Suny, The Making of the Georgian Nation. London 1989.
A. Bausi (ed.), Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies. Hamburg 2015, 49-51, 175-186, 292-296.
D. C. Braund, Georgia in Antiquity. A history of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia 550 BCAD 562. Oxford 1994.
N. Doborjginidze, Die georgische Sprache im Mittelalter (Sprachen und Kulturen des christlichen Orient 17). Wiesbaden 2009.
A. Eastmond, Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia. University Park, Pa., 1998.
H. Fähnrich, Geschichte Georgiens. Leiden 2010.
St. H. Rapp, Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts and Eurasian Contexts (Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium). Leuven 2003.
K. Salia, History of the Georgian Nation. Paris 1983.
W. Seibt (Hrsg.), Die Christianisierung des Kaukasus. The Christianization of Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Albania). Referate des Internationalen Symposions (Wien, 9.12. Dezember 1999). Vienna 2002.
W. Seibt - J. Preiser-Kapeller (eds.), The Creation of the Caucasian Alphabets as Phenomenon of Cultural History. Vienna 2011.
R. G. Suny, The Making of the Georgian Nation. London 1989.
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