The lawcode (Datastanagirk') of Mxit'ar Goš

Authors:Mkhitʻar Gōsh, Robert W. Thomson

Summary:This Lawcode is anArmenian legal text which covers secular as well as ecclesiastical matters. Although the Armenians had been concerned with canon law since the fifth century, secular law was not codified until Greater Armenia was under Muslim domination.

Print Book, English, 2000

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Publisher: Rodopi, Amsterdam, 2000

Series:

Dutch studies in Armenian language and literature, 6

Genre:History

Physical Description:359 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9789042007901, 9042007907

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:44850157

Subjects:

1045-1522

Armenia

Armenia (Republic)

Armenia History Turkic Mongol Domination, 1045-1522

Arménie Histoire 1045-1522 (Domination turco-mongole)

Droit Arménie Histoire 1045-1522 (Domination turco-mongole) Sources

Droit Arménie Histoire Sources

History

Law

Law Armenia History Sources

Sources

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Online version:

Lawcode [Datastanagirk'] of Mxit'ar Goš.

Mkhitʻar Gōsh, approximately 1130-1213.

606522424

Contents:

Preface. Abbreviations. INTRODUCTION. General Background. Mxit'ar's Life. The Lawcode. Mxit'ar's Sources. Mxit'ar's Own Views. The Text of the Lawcode. Appendix. Blocks of Sources. Mxit'ar and the Pentateuch. Vardapets. Mxit'ar and the Muslims. TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY. Chapter Headings. Mxit'ar's own Introduction. The Text of the Lawcode. INDICES.

Language Notes:Translation of: Girkʻ datastani