Ghewond

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Ghewond ( Armenian Ղևոնդ , French Ghévond , Łewond Vardapet , Zhīfūnd ), called Wardapet (Վարդապետ, "doctor"), Patmutjan (Պատմության), or Erez (երեց, Yerets, "priest") (* around 730; † around 790) was an 8th century Armenian historian. He is best known as the author of a Histoire de Ghévond , which is largely the only source on Armenia in the age of the Arab conquest.

Life

Ghewond was born around 730 in the village of Goght'n . He received his training at Dvin's seminary . He was a cleric and possibly Wardapet (doctor). He went to Constantinople to conduct his research and died around 790.

Oeuvre

Ghewond is editor of a story by Ghewond ( history of the wars and the Arab conquests in Armenia, French: Histoire des guerres et des conquêtes des Arabes en Arménie), in which he reports the conquest of Armenia by the Arabs, beginning with the death of Mohammed 632. The work originally ended with the enthronement of Catholicos Stépanos Dvnetsi ( Ստեփանոս Ա Դվնեցի) 788. The story was commissioned by Sapouh Bagratouni , the son of Sparapet Sembat VII. Bagratuni , and its main source is the work of Sebeos . According to Stepanos Orbeljan (Ստեպանոս Օրբելյան) in the 13th century, the work is incomplete today.

Traditional versions contain a letter allegedly written by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III. Isaurian (reigned 717-741.) To the Umayyad - Caliph . Umar II (ruled 717-720.) Was directed. In it an apology for the Christian faith is developed. This version is, however, a later Armenian composition.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ghevond's History .
  2. ↑ a b c Hacikyan: The Heritage of Armenian Literature : 140.
  3. ↑ Martin-Hisard: Domination arabe et Libertés arméniennes (VIIe - IXe siècle) : 228th
  4. ↑ Hacikyan: The Heritage of Armenian Literature : 141.
  5. ↑ Canard & Cahen 1960: 635.

literature

  • Agop Jack Hacikyan (ed.): The Heritage of Armenian Literature. vol. II: From the Sixth to the Eighteenth Century. Detroit, Wayne State University Press 2002. ISBN 978-0814330234
  • Bernadette Martin-Hisard: Domination arabe et libertés arméniennes (VIIe - IXe siècle). In: Gérard Dédéyan (ed.): Histoire du peuple arménien. Toulouse, Private 2007. (1st Ed. 1982) pp. 213-241. ISBN 978-2-7089-6874-5
  • Jean-Pierre Mahé, Bernadette Martin-Hisard, Alekʻsan Hakobean: Łewond Vardapet: discours historique. Paris: achcbyz 2015. ISBN 9782916716565 .
  • Marius Canard, Claude Cahen: Armīniya. In: HAR Gibb, JH Kramers, E. Lévi-Provençal, J. Schacht, B. Lewis, Ch. Pellat (ed.): The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Ed., Vol. I: A-B. Leiden: EJ Brill 1960: pp. 634-640. OCLC 495469456.
  • Alexander Kazhdan: The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press 1991. ISBN 0-19-504652-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Ghewond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ղևոնդ; Ղևոնդ երեց; Ղևոնդ Վարդապետ; Ղևոնդ Պատմության (Armenian); Ghewond Wardapet; Ghewond Yerets; Łewond Vardapet; Ghévond Vardapet (French); Ghévond Yerets; Gevond Patmich; Gevondus Magnus; Gevondus Vardapet Armenorum; Ghewond Erēts; Léonce Presbyter; Léonte Presbyter; Leontios Presbyter; Leontius Armenicus; Leontius Presbyter; Levond Erec '; Levond Patmič '; Lewond the Priest; Łevond Erēc̣ Patmic̣; Łewond Patmič '; Łewond priest; Ġevond Erec '; Ġevond Mec; Ġevond Patmič̕; Ġewond Patmagir; Ġewond Vardapet hayoc̕; Zhīfūnd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian cleric and historian
DATE OF BIRTH at 730
DATE OF DEATH around 790