Matt'eos Urhayec'i and his chronicle : history as apocalypse in a crossroads of cultures / by Tara L. Andrews.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-250) and index.

The origins of the Chronicle -- The author of the Chronicle -- Urhayec'i's Edessa -- The Armenian historiographical tradition -- Urhayec'i's sources of information -- The new age of prophecy : the Chronicle's place in Armenian historiography -- Armenian historical philosophy -- Urhayec'i's historical philosophy -- The prophecies of Yovhannes Kozern -- The prophecies fulfilled : the structure of the Chronicle -- Armenia in the Chronicle -- The idealized past : the presentation of pre-1020 Armenia -- The loss of the Armenian kingdoms : 1000-1045 -- 471-472 (1021-1024) : Basil II's eastern campaign and its consequences -- 490-494 (1041-1046) : Turkish invasions and the loss of independence -- The occupied east and the Armenians in exile -- The royal families in exile -- The rise and fall of Philaretos -- The Armenian magnates of Cilicia and Syria -- The slow revival : the Armenians and the crusaders -- The rise of Georgia, 1121-1129 -- 'Under the aegis of the Roman emperor' : Urhayec'i on Byzantium -- The era of growing Byzantine domination over the Armenians -- The waning of Byzantine influence -- Muslim, Persian, or Turk? The Armenian chronicler and the 'infidels' -- The role of muslims within Armenian history -- Which muslims? -- Tenth-century muslims in the chronicle -- The appearance of the Turks -- Reality and myth : the Armenians under Turkish domination -- 'The nation of valiant ones' : the crusaders in Urhayec'i's eyes -- The local background to the crusade -- The place of the crusaders in the prophetic framework of Kozern -- Urhayec'i as a source for crusading politics -- Eastern Christianity in the Chronicle -- Before the fall : ecclesiastical history before 1033 -- The recent past : Urhayec'i's church in uncertain times -- The Armenian Church in the wake of the First Crusade -- The community of clerics as seen in the Chronicle -- Aftermath : Byzantium in Cilicia and the Council of Jerusalem -- The history of the Chronicle -- The text of the Chronicle -- Use by later Armenian historians -- Grigor Erec' -- The earliest witness : Smbat Sparapet -- Recognition by later historians -- The manuscript tradition of the Chronicle -- The Venice group -- The Vienna group -- The copyist of lviv -- The Valarsapat primary text -- Print publication and modern reception -- Appendix A : Text of selected excerpts from the Chronicle -- Appendix B : Translation of excerpts from the Chronicle -- Appendix C : Lists of rulers of the period -- Appendix D : List of all known manuscripts