Persian Christians at the Chinese court : the Xi'an Stele and the Early Medieval Church of the East /: the Xi'an Stele and the Early Medieval Church of the East. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: R. Todd Godwin.
• Authors: Godwin, R. Todd
• Contents: Cover; Author Biography; Title; Copyright; Contents; A Note on Sources and their Usages; A Note on the Romanisation of Chinese Characters; Map 1; Map 2; Introduction; Between Dhimmitude and Emperor Worship: East Syrian Agency and its Historiography; The Xiâ#x80;#x99;an Steleâ#x80;#x99;s Sasanian Persian Longue Durée; Chapter Summaries; Part I â#x80;#x98;Whatâ#x80;#x99;s in a Name?â#x80;#x99;; 1. The Late Sasanian Court and Divine Economy; Introduction; Tabariâ#x80;#x99;s Account of the Death of Yazdegird III and East Syrian Involvement; Cosmas the India Traveller and Divine Economy. Zachariah of Mitylene, the Sasanian Comitatus, and MdabranouthaInter-courtly Physicians, Rhetors and Rome; Mar Aba I, the Fall of Hephthalites and the Re-Opening of the Silk Road; Patriarch Ishhoâ#x80;#x99;yahb III, Divine Economy, and the Sasanian Comitatus; IshoÊưyahb III and the â#x80;#x98;Rulers of this Worldâ#x80;#x99;; The Church of the Eastâ#x80;#x99;s Divine Oáơœko6 in the Early Arab-Ruled Persian Gulf; 2. â#x80;#x98;Repairing the Imperial Netâ#x80;#x99; before the An Lushan Rebellion; Introduction; The Empire Strikes Back: Persian Agency in the Early Tang Period Church of the East. Prince Aluohan of Persia: â#x80;#x98;Nation Founding Dukeâ#x80;#x99; and â#x80;#x98;Prominent Clansmanâ#x80;#x99;â#x80;#x98;Mysterious Items of Foreign Cunningâ#x80;#x99;: Imperial Buddhism, Worldly-Asceticism and Persian Agency During the Period of Wu Zetian and Xuanzong; Part II â#x80;#x98;The Lord is King: He is Robed in Majestyâ#x80;#x99;; 3. The Habitus of Patriarch Timothy I; Introduction; The Church of the Eastâ#x80;#x99;s Noblesse de Robe and Emergent Central Asian Kingship; Persian Knowledge-Holders in the Long Orbit of the Abbasid Court; Cosmopolitan families on the Abbasid Silk Roads; Empire, Court and Worldly Asceticism in the Writings of Timothy I. 4. The Court of Emperor Tang Dezong as â#x80;#x98;Imperial Netâ#x80;#x99;, and the Church of the Eastâ#x80;#x99;s Persian Longue DuréeIntroduction; The Translation Incident of 787, the â#x80;#x98;Imperial Netâ#x80;#x99; and Agency; Late Tang Eunuchs, the Buddhist Cosmopolis, Dezongâ#x80;#x99;s Court, and Agency; Dezongâ#x80;#x99;s Court and Chancellor Li Mi; Li Mi, the Uighur Empire and the Church of the Eastâ#x80;#x99;s Persian Longue Durée; Li Mi, Tibet and Dezongâ#x80;#x99;s Imperial Net; Divine Economy and the Late Tang Empireâ#x80;#x99;s Non-Han, Scientific Families; Conclusion; Appendix A Persian, Arab, Chinese and Church of the East Leaders, c.400â#x80;#x93;c.850. Appendix B The Xiâ#x80;#x99;an Stele in Chinese CharactersAppendix C The Pillar for the Propagation of the Luminous Religion in China; Appendix D Theoretical Concepts Used in the Study and Their Definitions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 275.1; Stele (Archaeology) -- China -- Xi'an (Shaanxi Sheng); RELIGION -- Christianity -- History; Religion; Stele (Archaeology); Tang Dynasty (China); China -- Church history; China -- Religion -- History -- To 1500; China -- History -- Tang dynasty, 618-907; China; Electronic books; Church history; History; History -- To 1500
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786723161; 1786723166; 9781786733160; 1786733161
• Related ISBNs: 1784538809; 9781784538804
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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