SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS OF GEORGIAN AND ARMENIAN WOMEN IN THE CAUCASUS IN 17TH–19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN TRAVEL LITERATURE

Abstract

This paper examines the notes of European travelers of the 17th–19th centuries during their visits to the Caucasus, during which they personally saw and described the local customs, external adornmen and historical costumes of Armenian and Georgian women, as well as political events which were often conditioned by historical and political realities. The article refers to the notes by Sir John Macdonald Kinneir, Robert Lyall, John Buchan Telfer, Robert Ker Porter, and Thomas Lumsden, which serve as valuable sources for reconstructing the image of Georgian and Armenian women during the mentioned period.