An Interesting Letter in Tudor Archives and the Georgians’ Fight for the Holy Places

Abstract

1.6.1.1.5. An Interesting Letter in Tudor Archives and the Georgians’ Fight for the Holy Places. /G. Kalandia/. David Aghmashenebeli University of Georgia Scientific Journal Spectri. – 2020. – #3. – pp. 148-151. – geo.; abs.: geo., eng.

This publication discusses one of the documents preserved in the Tudor Archives’ printed collection in the National Library of England. Namely, a letter in Latin named “The Holy Sepulchre” from 1514 intended for the notorious English King Henry VIII. The document tells of the Georgian people’s fight for Calvary in the holy land. As it turns out, in the 16th century, Georgian Christian community was able to direct international or religious processes in Jerusalem in a way that brought the events to the attention of European monarchs. Ref. 11.

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