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Given <strong>the</strong> numerous sources <strong>of</strong> conflict, with<strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> among families, <strong>and</strong> with<strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong> among religious<br />

Institutions, <strong>the</strong> foreign rulers <strong>of</strong> <strong>Armenia</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>13</strong>-14th centuries did not have great difficulty keep<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> naxarars divided—>it was <strong>the</strong> natural state <strong>of</strong> affairs.<br />

<strong>the</strong> most part, however, relations among <strong>the</strong> various <strong>Armenia</strong>n<br />

Christian groups—just as relations among <strong>the</strong> important secular<br />

naxarardoms—were characterized by bitter conflict <strong>and</strong><br />

rivalry.<br />

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