Kirakos Gandzakets'i's History of the Armenians

<p class=ql-align-justify>Kirakos Gandzaketsi's <em>History of the Armenians</em> is a primary source for the study of the Armenian highlands in the 13<sup>th</sup> c. This lengthy work which has survived in 65 chapters is divided thematically into sections. Part I is a summary of Armenian church and political history from the 4<sup>th </sup>c. - 12<sup>th</sup> c. Part II describes political and military events in the 12<sup>th</sup>century both in Eastern Armenia and in the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia. Part III contains a biographical list of the Catholicoi of Aghuania. Finally the author described the events of his own day: the period of the Zak'arids the Mongol invasions and domination and their impact on the Armenians and other peoples of the Middle East. Volume 2 contains chapters 11 through 65.</p>