History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi

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historical chronicle medieval Armenian literary work

History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi is a foundational 5th-century chronicle that narrates the legendary origins, dynastic history, and cultural development of the Armenian people.

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History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi canonical 2
Armenian medieval chronicles 1
History of Armenia 1

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instanceOf historical chronicle ⓘ
medieval Armenian literary work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
surface form: History of the Armenians

Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ ⓘ
associatedWith Arsacid dynasty of Armenia ⓘ
Bagratuni dynasty ⓘ
author Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
contains accounts of Christianization and church history ⓘ
accounts of foreign invasions ⓘ
genealogies of Armenian kings and nobles ⓘ
legendary origins of the Armenians ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Armenia ⓘ
culturalSignificance foundational work of Armenian national historiography ⓘ
dateOfComposition 5th century ⓘ
evaluatedAs mixture of legend and history ⓘ
field Armenian studies ⓘ
Caucasian history ⓘ
genre historiography ⓘ
national history ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
other modern languages ⓘ
importanceFor reconstruction of early Armenian traditions ⓘ
study of Armenian royal ideology ⓘ
influenceOn Armenian national identity ⓘ
later Armenian historians ⓘ
language Classical Armenian ⓘ
literaryStyle biblical and rhetorical ⓘ
literaryTradition Armenian Golden Age literature ⓘ
mentions Byzantium ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
neighboring empires ⓘ
preservedIn medieval Armenian manuscripts ⓘ
regionDescribed Armenian Highlands ⓘ
religiousContext Christian ⓘ
religiousPerspective Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
structure three books ⓘ
subject Armenian dynasties ⓘ
Armenian mythology ⓘ
Armenian people ⓘ
Christianization of Armenia ⓘ
history of Armenia ⓘ
timeSpanCovered legendary times to 5th century ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy medieval Armenian chroniclers ⓘ

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Classical Armenian → notableWork → History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
Armenian language → notableWorkInLanguage → History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
Armenian literature → notableWork → History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of Armenia
Grabar → notableWorkLanguageOf → History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
this entity surface form: writings of Movses Khorenatsi
History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi → alsoKnownAs → History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of the Armenians
Zangezur → isMentionedIn → History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian medieval chronicles