Index of Topics
adultery
4n, 38, 160, 177, 192
apostle (female)
20, 71–72, 76–78, 83, 86n, 98
Arsacid (Aršakuni) dynasty of Armenia
2n, 4, 7, 19, 26, 29–31, 34, 41–66, 115, 130, 157, 168–172, 179–193, 196, 208–209
awrēnk‘ see customary law
Battle of Avarayr
5, 32, 34, 37, 85, 99, 119–120, 123, 138–142, 146, 150, 152, 209
bnāt qyāmâ (daughters of the covenant)
109n, 111–112, 119, 128, 144
Book of Laws (Kanonagirk‘ Hayoc‘)
129
Brides of Christ
95
canons
16, 56, 129, 159n
Council of Nicaea
22n, 38, 129n, 131–132
Šahapivan Council
4n, 22, 24, 37–38, 129n, 130–132, 156–158, 160–164, 167, 170, 175–178, 210
covenant (uxt)
24, 33, 82n, 111
customary law (awrēnk‘)
4–5, 24, 33, 36, 42, 44, 54–57, 59, 65–66, 74, 81–82, 96, 104, 140, 143, 155, 161, 169, 171, 185, 190, 195–196, 199, 208
dayeakut‘iwn
115
deaconess
97n, 112n, 144
divorce
4n, 160–161, 178
domestic and public space
16–17, 30, 33, 36, 45, 51, 57, 66, 84, 103–104, 137–138, 140–144, 146, 152–155, 179, 187, 194, 209–210
domestic violence
22, 37, 204–207
dowry (awžit)
158, 160–161, 164, 192
Fall of Man
19, 86n, 88, 100–101, 102n, 143
family (azg, tun, tohm, azgatohm, ǝntanik‘)
17, 24, 42, 44–48, 66, 159–160, 162, 164, 166, 172–173, 176, 181, 183, 185, 195–196, 204–205, 209–210
fortune (baxt)
181–183, 193, 209
glory (p‘aṙk‘)
63, 73n, 85, 181–183, 193, 209
honour (and shame)
184–185, 195–196, 199, 203–204, 206–207, 209
lived reality (experience)
ix, 1, 10, 12–13, 31, 36–37, 41–42, 137–155, 195, 208, 210
marriage
22, 51–52, 53n, 107–110, 116, 119, 121, 123, 127, 132–133, 141–142, 156–178
(by) abduction (bride theft)
4n, 38, 158, 161–167, 171–172, 178, 209
čakarīh (čakar)
52, 169, 177, 191
marriage of epikleros
52–53, 169
marriage for a definite period
53
pātixšāyīh
52, 54, 159, 183, 193
polygamy
52, 90n, 172–175, 209
second marriage
163, 164n29, 164n30, 171
stūr
52–53, 158, 167, 169, 171, 173
syneisaktism (spiritual marriage)
38, 128–132, 209
(by) varjank‘
158–161, 166–167, 172, 178, 209
xvaētvadatha (xvēdōdah) (next-of-kin marriage)
38, 52, 171–176, 178, 209
Messalians
130–132
Parthian Empire
19, 26, 42–43, 45, 52, 59, 62, 157, 181
power and authority
11–13, 17, 31, 44–46, 49–50, 52, 54, 61, 65–66, 71, 74–75, 77, 80–81, 99, 104, 128, 143n, 146n, 148, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185–193, 205–206, 209
queenship
12, 179–193, 209
Sasanian Empire
4, 17n, 26, 30, 44n, 45, 47n, 48n, 50n, 51n, 52, 147n, 157, 167, 181, 186, 199, 201,
tantikin (mistress of the house, materfamilias, kadag–bānūg)
48–51, 129–130, 146–147, 148n, 153, 170, 183
tikin (queen; great lady; landlady)
50, 63, 65, 74, 85, 86n, 90n, 170n58, 170n60, 180–181, 188, 193
valour (k‘aǰut‘iwn), valiant (k‘aǰ)
14–15, 24, 36n, 61, 85, 99, 150, 165, 181–183, 193, 209
widows
50n, 52, 88, 112, 117, 120, 123, 130n, 141, 143n, 145, 169, 176–177, 185, 187
witchcraft
4n, 38, 178,
Zoroastrianism (in Armenia)
5–6, 16, 21, 24–26, 28, 41–42, 50, 52–66, 73, 78, 81–82, 92n, 93, 96, 145, 157–158, 160, 169, 172, 176, 178–182, 192, 208, 210