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La Porta Gives Talk on Medieval Armenian Identity at Columbia
NEW YORK—On Fri., Nov. 30, Dr. Sergio La Porta delivered an engaging and insightful lecture about Armenian identity in the Middle Ages. Hosted by the Armenian Center at Columbia University, the lecture, titled “Networks of Knowledge: Communication and Identity in 12th-14th century Armenia,” took place at the university’s distinguished Faculty House.
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According to this article and also remarks of several Armenians following the speech of Professor La Porta it was a high light he delivered about the history of Armenia (Cilicia) in the 12th – 14th centuries.
I only have a question about the sentence “While they were not the dominant culture in the region”….
Who then was the dominant culture , if not the Armenians ? Arabians were pretty far away, the Kurds had a very poor culture as they were nomads. Turkish culture dominant ?
At the time in question they had not yet conquered half of Turkey. The 12th century means 100 years after the battle of Manazkert. Fighting Greeks and Armenians did not leave them much time for cultural devellopment. At that time a big part of the Turkish tribes were still nomads, too.
Armenian culture in comparison:
Hundreds of churches, monasteries, castles, thousands of Khachkars, thousands of books written or copied and illustrated by hand, the jewel of Ani, scientists, philosphers, historians, architects and, and, and….
No, Armenians were cultural leading in the region !