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Mkhitar Gosh: The Armenian Lawgiver Who Defied Empires
Before the Mongol invasion swept across the Caucasus, a monk named Mkhitar Gosh compiled a legal code that would shape Armenian identity for centuries. This episode follows Gosh's remarkable life — from his early years in Ganja under Seljuk rule to his flight to the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and his eventual return to found the monastery of Nor Getik (modern Goshavank). We explore the Datastanagirk', his monumental law code that blended Armenian customary law with canon law and borrowings from Byzantine and Islamic jurisprudence. Lucas and Luna discuss how Gosh's code…
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