John Latham-Sprinkle
Biographic Data
| ID | 707813 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Latham-Sprinkle |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Latham-Sprinkle |
| SIGNATURE | LATHAM-SPRINKLE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3769-7393 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850–1240
The kingdom of Alania was the most powerful polity in the medieval North Caucasus. It contained strategic mountain passes across the Caucasus mountains, as well as urban centres larger than any in contemporary Rus'. Its kings retained power from the mid-ninth to the late eleventh centuries, intermarried with the ruling families of Georgia and Byzantium, and led armies that terrorised the South Caucasus. In this, the first book to explore the subj…
The Ossetes. Modern-Day Scythians of the Caucasus, written by Foltz, Richard
The Late Mamlūk Transition of the 1380s
This article argues that the transition between the early and late Mamlūk Sultanate in Egypt in the 1380s was partially caused by political developments in the Northwest Caucasus. The transition from “Turkish” to “Circassian” mamlūk dominance was facilitated by the rise of new princely elites in the Northwest Caucasus during the bulqaq civil wars in the Ulūs of Jochi (Golden Horde) (1359–1381). These new elites justified their rule through their …
Everyday Cosmopolitanisms
The Mongol Conquest of Caucasia
The most powerful state in the early thirteenth-century South Caucasus was undoubtedly the Kingdom of Georgia. The initial Mongol invasions of the South Caucasus appear to have been proximate and accidental, a result of Subedei and Jebe’s pursuit of the Khwarazmshah Muhammad. Whereas the Mongols had entered the South Caucasus in their first invasion almost by accident, their second invasion was a deliberate conquest. And whereas their first invas…
The Alan capital *Magas
This article proposes that *Magas, capital city of the North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, can be identified with the gorodishche (hillfort) of Il'ichevsk, in Krasnodar Krai in the modern Russian Federation. The Kingdom of Alania was the most powerful polity in the North Caucasus in the tenth and eleventh centuries; however, the location of its capital has never been satisfactorily established. This article reviews the evidence of written sources …
The Alan capital *Magas
This article proposes that *Magas, capital city of the North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, can be identified with the gorodishche (hillfort) of Il'ichevsk, in Krasnodar Krai in the modern Russian Federation. The Kingdom of Alania was the most powerful polity in the North Caucasus in the tenth and eleventh centuries; however, the location of its capital has never been satisfactorily established. This article reviews the evidence of written sources …
The Mongol Conquest of Caucasia
The most powerful state in the early thirteenth-century South Caucasus was undoubtedly the Kingdom of Georgia. The initial Mongol invasions of the South Caucasus appear to have been proximate and accidental, a result of Subedei and Jebe’s pursuit of the Khwarazmshah Muhammad. Whereas the Mongols had entered the South Caucasus in their first invasion almost by accident, their second invasion was a deliberate conquest. And whereas their first invas…
The Alan capital *Magas
This article proposes that *Magas, capital city of the North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, can be identified with the gorodishche (hillfort) of Il'ichevsk, in Krasnodar Krai in the modern Russian Federation. The Kingdom of Alania was the most powerful polity in the North Caucasus in the tenth and eleventh centuries; however, the location of its capital has never been satisfactorily established. This article reviews the evidence of written sources …
The Late Mamlūk Transition of the 1380s
This article argues that the transition between the early and late Mamlūk Sultanate in Egypt in the 1380s was partially caused by political developments in the Northwest Caucasus. The transition from “Turkish” to “Circassian” mamlūk dominance was facilitated by the rise of new princely elites in the Northwest Caucasus during the bulqaq civil wars in the Ulūs of Jochi (Golden Horde) (1359–1381). These new elites justified their rule through their …
Everyday Cosmopolitanisms
The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850–1240
The kingdom of Alania was the most powerful polity in the medieval North Caucasus. It contained strategic mountain passes across the Caucasus mountains, as well as urban centres larger than any in contemporary Rus'. Its kings retained power from the mid-ninth to the late eleventh centuries, intermarried with the ruling families of Georgia and Byzantium, and led armies that terrorised the South Caucasus. In this, the first book to explore the subj…
The Ossetes. Modern-Day Scythians of the Caucasus, written by Foltz, Richard
Eurasian Exchange Networks (5 works) · History (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Eleventh (2 works) · Kingdom (2 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (2 works) · Polity (2 works)