The Lawcode [Datastanagirk'] of Mxit'ar Goš / / Robert W. Thomson.
This Lawcode is the first Armenian legal text to cover secular as well as ecclesiastical matters. Although the Armenians had been concerned with canon law since the fifth century, secular law was not codified until Greater Armenia was under Muslim domination. Mxit'ar Gosh began his work in 1184...
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| Superior document: | Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature ; 6 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2000. |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (359 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface. Abbreviations. INTRODUCTION. General Background. Mxit'ar's Life. The Lawcode. Mxit'ar's Sources. Mxit'ar's Own Views. The Text of the Lawcode. Appendix. Blocks of Sources. Mxit'ar and the Pentateuch. Vardapets. Mxit'ar and the Muslims. TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY. Chapter Headings. Mxit'ar's own Introduction. The Text of the Lawcode . INDICES.