Reviews for Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos

The average rating for Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-17 00:00:00 Allen Martinez Really good. Sebeos manages not to inflict his Xian viewpoint on his neutral narrative of events. The historical commentary in a separate volume fills the picture out and picks out what one might miss or need explanation for eg the christianisation of the army in Egypt in league with the Greeks or that people, including Heraclius, were so convinced God was on the victorious Ismaelites' side they just gave in until their defeat at Constantinople when 'the host of soldiers were drowned ...for the sea opened its mouth and swallowed them' ie when God turned against them. The Ismaelites thought so too. They fought amongst themselves. Obviously they made a recovery but it did mean greater likelihood of resistance thereafter rather than facile submission. It's interesting to have so complete a version of these world-changing events from the fringe perspective of a small nation nonetheless affected by them.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-02-17 00:00:00 Lucas Greig This book is small, so it's hard to appreciate the full scope of the art images. It does provide a lot of pertinent information on artists, time periods, and the art itself. Wonderful art history guide.