Georgian chronicles

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The Georgian chronicles are a medieval collection of historical writings that record the history, rulers, and major events of Georgia, including foreign invasions and political upheavals.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Georgian chronicles canonical 2
Georgian royal annals 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Georgian literary work ⓘ
medieval historical chronicle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kartlis Tskhovreba ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition early Middle Ages ⓘ
high Middle Ages ⓘ
associatedWith Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
containsAccountOf Arab invasions of Georgia ⓘ
Byzantine–Georgian relations ⓘ
Christianization of Iberia ⓘ
Mongol invasions of Georgia ⓘ
reign of King David IV of Georgia ⓘ
reign of King Vakhtang I Gorgasali ⓘ
reign of Queen Tamar of Georgia ⓘ
royal genealogies of Georgian dynasties ⓘ
country Kingdom of Georgia ⓘ
culturalSignificance foundational text of Georgian national history ⓘ
important source for Georgian identity ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
hasPart Conversion of Kartli ⓘ
History and Eulogy of the Sovereigns ⓘ
Life of Vakhtang Gorgasali ⓘ
Life of the Kings ⓘ
historicalReliability mixture of legend and factual record ⓘ
influencedBy Biblical narratives ⓘ
Byzantine chronicles ⓘ
language Georgian ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainSubject Georgian monarchs ⓘ
foreign invasions of Georgia ⓘ
history of Georgia ⓘ
political upheavals in Georgia ⓘ
manuscriptTradition multiple medieval Georgian manuscripts ⓘ
narrativePerspective Christian royalist viewpoint ⓘ
originalScript Georgian script ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
significantPlace Iberia (ancient Georgian kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Iberia

Mtskheta ⓘ
Tbilisi ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed antiquity ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ
high Middle Ages ⓘ
linked to: High Middle Ages
tradition medieval Georgian historiography ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy modern historians of the Caucasus ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor political history of medieval Georgia ⓘ
religious history of Georgia ⓘ
royal genealogy of Bagrationi dynasty ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mongol invasions of Georgia → describedBySource → Georgian chronicles ⓘ
Battle of Didgori → primarySource → Georgian royal annals ⓘ
linked to: Georgian chronicles
Battle of Shamkori (1195) → describedIn → Georgian chronicles ⓘ