This is the third collection of articles by Nina Garsoïan on Early Armenian history and civilization. A number of articles included here continue earlier investigations of Iranian and Byzantine political and, especially, doctrinal and social influences on Medieval Armenia, precariously wedged between the two super-powers of the period, Byzantium a

Nina G. Garsoïan is Gevork M. Avedissian Professor Emerita of Armenian History at Columbia University, USA