GAGIK I BAGRATID AND HIS TITLES

Abstract

Gagik I Bagratid (990-1018) occupied a special place and played an important role in the history of Bagratid Armenia. He was a very powerful monarch and tried to restore the power and boundaries of the rule of the first Bagratid kings. During his reign, the kingdom's partially lost international prestige and its influence in regional processes increased. On the other hand, under Gagik I, the country experienced a great cultural upsurge: in this respect, the country reached the peak of its prosperity. Medieval authors recorded the aforementioned realities, as a result of which it is generally believed in Armenian studies that under Gagik I, the kingdom of the Bagratids reached the peak of not only cultural prosperity, but also military-political power, which requires a new approach and revision.

The article also examines the titles of Gagik I, of which he preferred the titles "Shahnshah of Armenia and Georgia" and "King of the kings of Great Armenia". The first was an internationally recognized title of the Bagratid kings, and the second expressed the highest status of Gagik I in Armenia.