Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World

<p>In the second of a three-volume work Seta B. Dadoyan explores the Armenian condition from the 970s to the end of the fourteenth century. This period marked the gradual loss of semi-autonomy on the traditional mainland and the rise of Armenian power of diverging patterns in southeastern Asia Minor north Syria Cilicia and Egypt.</p><p>Dadoyan's premise is that if Armenians and Armenia have always been located in the Middle East and the Islamic world then their history is also a natural part of that region and its peoples. She observes that the Armenian experience has been too complicated to be defined by simplistic constructs centered on the idea of a heroic yet victimized nation. She notes that a certain politics of historical writing supported by a culture of authority has focused sharply on episodes and in particular on the genocide.</p><p>For her sources Dadoyan has used all available and relevant (primary and secondary) Armenian sources as well as primary Arab texts and sources. This book will stimulate re-evaluation of the period and re-conceptualizing Armenian and Middle Eastern histories.</p>