Eka Kvachantiradze

• main research worker at Tbilisi State University

Purpose of this article is identification of degree of author’s self-consciousness in Armenian historiography: to what extent could be seen the author, with his ideological, political or moral world view in the historical narration, to what extent is formulated the purpose of writing of the history by him, as well as author’s attitude towards histo...

One of the most significant markers of medieval historiography is its prominent perception and ideological position, sometimes even didactic-moralist one. Therefore, as a rule, historical works have acquired the function of ethnic-cultural and state identity justification and dissemination. Naturally, the state ideology attempts to widen the limits...

Shaping of historical memory in Middle Ages was a specific process. System of information memorization and recollection, i.e. mnemonics, was different. In Middle Ages historiography acted as a model of collective memory. Objective of the paper is to consider medieval Armenian historiography from the viewpoint of historical memory. The following pec...