Royal Imagery in Medieval GeorgiaPenn State Press, 2010 M11 1 |
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Page xiii
... 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 unrivaled ...
... 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 unrivaled ...
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... 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 have ...
... 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 have ...
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... 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 . On Georgian historical ...
... 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 . On Georgian historical ...
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... important as others sought to undermine her position . Royal imagery gained a new urgency as the best means to demonstrate her right to rule and her ability so to do . The aim of this book , then , is to reintegrate visual material into ...
... important as others sought to undermine her position . Royal imagery gained a new urgency as the best means to demonstrate her right to rule and her ability so to do . The aim of this book , then , is to reintegrate visual material into ...
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... 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 meanings of all the images in the churches are ...
... 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 meanings of all the images in the churches are ...
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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.