TY - BOOK ID - 89367369 TI - The Fatimid Armenians : cultural and political interaction in the Near East / Seta B. Dadoyan PY - 1997 SN - 9789004492646 9789004108165 9004108165 PB - Leiden: Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Armenians KW - Christianity and other religions KW - History KW - Islam KW - Armenians - - History KW - Christianity and other religions - Islam KW - Islam - Relations - Christianity KW - Egypt - - History - - 640-1250 KW - -Christianity and other religions KW - Egypt KW - -Armenians KW - Egypt - UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:89367369 AB - This first study of its kind cuts across and brings together the political and cultural histories of the medieval Near East. The peculiar episode of the Fatimid Armenians (1074-1163) and other phenomena earlier on are given their proper background and context; the 'Armenian Period' in the last century of the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt is shown to be a major phase in the perpetual alliance between Armenian sectarians and Muslims. The reconstruction of this to date unstudied subject also reveals new relevant data. Through its methodology, this book proposes fresh criteria and perspectives for the evaluation of patterns of cultural and political interaction in Near Eastern history. ER -