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... many important new insights . My greatest debts are to those who helped me in Georgia and especially to Zaza Sxirt'ladze and Darejan K'ldiašvili , both for their overwhelming hospitality on my trips to Georgia and for their ...
... many important new insights . My greatest debts are to those who helped me in Georgia and especially to Zaza Sxirt'ladze and Darejan K'ldiašvili , both for their overwhelming hospitality on my trips to Georgia and for their ...
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More important , these im- ages are not merely reflections of the political situation at any particular time . They were actively involved in creating and defining new perceptions of the monarchy to 1. All works in Western languages ...
More important , these im- ages are not merely reflections of the political situation at any particular time . They were actively involved in creating and defining new perceptions of the monarchy to 1. All works in Western languages ...
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This became particularly important in the reign of Queen Tamar , when attitudes toward gender roles forced the presentation of royal power to be rethought . Queen Tamar was the 2. The individual chronicles are listed in the Bibliography ...
This became particularly important in the reign of Queen Tamar , when attitudes toward gender roles forced the presentation of royal power to be rethought . Queen Tamar was the 2. The individual chronicles are listed in the Bibliography ...
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first woman to rule in Georgia in her own right , and the promotion of the queen became very important as others sought to undermine her position . Royal imagery gained a new urgency as the best means to demonstrate her right to rule ...
first woman to rule in Georgia in her own right , and the promotion of the queen became very important as others sought to undermine her position . Royal imagery gained a new urgency as the best means to demonstrate her right to rule ...
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Changing historical circumstances were clearly important in affecting the limits within which the depictions could op- erate . My interpretations are based on the comparative evidence provided by all the churches , and I look at how the ...
Changing historical circumstances were clearly important in affecting the limits within which the depictions could op- erate . My interpretations are based on the comparative evidence provided by all the churches , and I look at how the ...
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Page xix - N. Thierry, Le souverain dans les programmes d'églises en Cappadoce et en Géorgie du X' au XIII' siècle, dans Revue des études géorgiennes et caucasiennes, 4, 1988, p.
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| Title | Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia |
| Author | Antony Eastmond |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Penn State Press, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0271043911, 9780271043913 |
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