Religion and power: the legitimation of power in medieval Armenia

Abstract

Drawing on the example of the medieval Armenian Bagratids kingdom author formulates algorithm of the legitimation of power. The author traces the archetypal for the medieval Christianity principles of the ideological justification of the Bagratids power that are based on key biblical trails.

Keywords

• легитимация власти
• царство багратидов
• символические действия
• legitimation of power
• the ba-gratids kingdom
• symbolic actions