The Fifteenth-Century Bagratids and the Institution of Collegial Sovereignty in Georgia
The end of the fifteenth century witnessed the dissolution of the medieval kingdom of Georgia. The three kingdoms — of Georgia proper (Iberia= K'art'li), of Imeretia (Abasgia), and of Kakhetia — and the five sovereign principalities, into which that ancient and once powerful realm had foun...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
1951
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Traditio
Year: 1951, Volume: 7, Pages: 169-221 |
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Summary: | The end of the fifteenth century witnessed the dissolution of the medieval kingdom of Georgia. The three kingdoms — of Georgia proper (Iberia= K'art'li), of Imeretia (Abasgia), and of Kakhetia — and the five sovereign principalities, into which that ancient and once powerful realm had found itself divided, were ill prepared now to face the onslaught of the Islamic imperialism of the Osmans and the Safawis or, finally, to prevent the nearest Christian empire, to which they had turned for aid, from absorbing them. |
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ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900015142 |