The Reasons for the Emergence of Armenian Statehood in Cilicia
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https://doi.org/10.46991/hc.2025.22.1.008Keywords:
Armeno-Byzantine relations, The Political Thinking in Medieval Armenia, Battle of Manazkert (1071), Cilician Armenia, nakharar (ministerial) systemAbstract
The goal of this article is to show that the formation of Armenian statehood in Cilicia was not merely a result of demographic changes that took place in that region during the 10th-11th centuries. Challenging the overwhelming scholarly consensus over the demographic origins of Armenian statehood in Cilicia, the article reconsiders the process of state formation, putting emphasis on the changing social standing and mentality of the late 11th-century Armenian feudal elite and presenting it as the main driving force behind this process in 11th-12th-century Cilicia.
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