Main entry:

Ghougassian, Vazken S.

Title & Author:

The emergence of the Armenian Diocese of New Julfa in the seventeenth century / by Vazken S. Ghougassian.

Publication:

Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, ©1998.

Description:

xiv, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

University of Pennsylvania Armenian texts and studies ; no. 14

Notes:
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index.
A general survey of sources -- The presence of Armenians in Iran and the forced migration under Shah ʻAbbas I -- The creation of Armenian settlements in central Iran -- The treatment of Armenians by the Safavids and the privileged status of New Julfa -- The emergence of the Diocese of New Julfa -- Relations between the Katʻołikate of Ēǰmiacin and the Diocese of New Julfa in the second half of the seventeenth century -- The opposition of the Diocese of New Julfa to Catholic missionary expansion -- The decline of the Armenian community of New Julfa -- The cultural legacy of the Diocese of New Julfa.
Appendix has English translation of 22 original Armenian and Persian documents.(p. 5).
English, Farsi and Armenian.

ISBN:

078850438X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780788504389 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Armenian Church. Diocese of New Julfa History.
Armenian Church. Diocese of New Julfa.
Geschichte
Armeense Kerk.
Church architecture Iran Isfahan.
Armenians Iran.
Iṣfahān (Iran) Church history.
Iran Iṣfahān.
Isfahan-Djolfa
Diözese Isfahan
Armenier.

Form/genre:

Theses.
Church history.
History.

Added entries:

University of Pennsylvania Armenian texts and studies ; no. 14.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201978
Call No.: BX124.5.I7 G4 1998
Status: Available