History of Armenia by Hovhannēs Drasxanakertc'i

History of Armenia by Hovhannēs Drasxanakertc

Townsend, 1827.Ī translation of the author's abridgment (published in 1811) of his History of Armenia (issued originally in 1786 in 3 large quarto vols.) cf. World Digital Library.Ĭalcutta, Printed at Bishop's college press, by H. The translation includes a dedication by Avdaleantsʻ to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, a preface by Avdaleantsʻ containing an overview of the history of Armenia and assessments of the most important Armenian historians, and a postscript containing a summary of events in Armenia from 1780 to 1827. In 1811 Ch'amch'yants' produced an abridged version of the history, which Hovhannēs Avdaleantsʻ (Johannes Avdall) translated into English and which was published in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata) in 1827. Yovhannes' position of preeminence provided an unmatched vantage point from which to observe and record the events recounted in the History.

2247 to the year of Christ 1780, or 1229 of the Armenian era / by Father Michael Chamich translated from the original Armenian, by Johannes Avdall to which is appended a continuation of the history by the translator from the year 1780 to the present date. Yovhannes Drasxanakertc'i was a tenth century Armenian historian and katholikos who played a major political and intellectual role in efforts to liberate Armenia from foreign overlordship. Written in chronicle style and based on Armenian and non-Armenian primary source materials, this work by Ch'amch'yants' was the first critical examination of the history of the Armenian people. Chamchyants, Mikayel, Avdaleants, Hovhanns, History of Armenia : from B.C. Ch'amch'yants' was born in Istanbul in 1738, and in 1762 he became a member of the Armenian Catholic Mekhitarist order at the St. 2247 to the year of Christ 1780, or 1229 of the Armenian era is a translation of an abridged version of the three-volume history of Armenia, originally written in Armenian by Father Mik'ayel Ch'amch'yants' and published in Venice in 1784-86. 2247 to the year of Christ 1780, or 1229 of the Armenian era

History of Armenia by Hovhannēs Drasxanakertc'i