THE DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN CHURCHES IN 1551 IN MOLDAVIA DOCUMENTED BY THE FINDS OF 2000-2001 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CAMPAIGN IN THE DORMITION CHURCH (ARMENIAN) IN BOTOSANI
The destruction of Armenian churches in 1551 in Moldavia documented by the finds of 2000-2001 archaeological campaign in the Dormition church (Armenian) in Botoșani
Author(s): Cătălin Iulian HribanSubject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, Architecture, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Middle Ages
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Early Modern religious persecution; prince Ștefan Rareș; Botoșani; Armenian diaspora; urban archaeology; murals
Summary/Abstract: The 1551 religious persecution of Armenians in Moldavia is sufficiently documented by written sources, although the archaeological evidence for the alleged destructions is lacking, in spite of a number of excavations carried out inside and around the extant Armenian churches in Moldavia. The campaign of 2000-2001 inside the Dormition of the Virgin Armenian church in Botoșani provided to some extent the archaeological proof for the fact, in form of construction, burnt, demolition and reconstruction stratigraphic units, as well as small finds pertaining to these processes, all associated with a pre-1551 building superimposed by the foundations of the present church.
Journal: Arheologia Moldovei
- Issue Year: 39/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 301-311
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English