Discourse, Power Issues, and Images

Transversal Studies on the Reigns of Yazdgird I and Wahram V

Edited by C. Jullien

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Extent: 239 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Late Antique History and Religion

Series volume number: 26

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2023)

ISBN: 9789042949683

Price: $112.00

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eBook (Published)

(December 2023)

ISBN: 9789042949690

Price: $140.00

What images of Yazdgird I (399-420) and Wahram V (420-438) have been transmitted in the sources from and outside the Persian empire? Those nearly forty years saw a rich and complex relationship develop between Persia and its neighbours, paving the way for the Sasanians to extend their influence beyond the borders. At the beginning of the fifth century, while exchanges and relations of subordination were being reconfigured in the Middle East, the religious communities of the Sasanian empire (Babylonian Jewry, diverse Christian communities, Manichaeans, etc.) created the conditions for a new relationship with power. These two great sovereigns were emblematic and inspired contrasting portrayals – either controversial or idealised – that integrate narrative models sometimes borrowed from other cultures. A major aim of this book is to bring together the up-to-date knowledge about this topic through a comprehensive enquiry and comparison of contemporaneous and later materials.

  • Edited by C. Jullien