Treaty of Georgievsk (articles) Erekle II of Kartli-Kakheti and Catherine II of Russia
Signed 24 July 1783 at the fortress of Georgievsk. Kartli-Kakheti sought protection from Ottoman and Qajar pressure; Russia sought a foothold south of the Caucasus.
Code of Laws of Vakhtang VI (excerpts) Vakhtang VI, regent of Kartli
Compiled c. 1705–1708 as Kartli lived under Iranian overlordship. It gathered Georgian, Armenian, Greek, Mosaic and Muslim law into one hierarchy, with Georgian custom first.
Ilia Chavchavadze, 'Letters of a Traveller' (excerpts) Ilia Chavchavadze
Written after Ilia returned from study in St Petersburg. The Tergdaleulebi generation argued that the nation survives through language, land and self-respect rather than nobility privilege.
Act of Independence of Georgia (1918) National Council of Georgia
Adopted 26 May 1918 in Tbilisi after the collapse of the Russian Empire and the break-up of the Transcaucasian Federation.
Magna Carta (1215), selected clauses King John of England and the barons
Sealed at Runnymede after military failure in France and heavy taxation provoked baronial revolt.
Edict of Nantes (1598), selected articles Henry IV of France
Issued after 36 years of religious civil war, by a king who had converted from Calvinism to Catholicism to secure the throne.
Jean Chardin, 'Travels' — Georgia (excerpts) Jean Chardin, French jeweller and traveller
Chardin passed through western and eastern Georgia in 1672–73 en route to Safavid Isfahan, describing a country divided between Ottoman and Iranian spheres.
Treaty of Versailles (1919), selected articles The Allied and Associated Powers and Germany
Signed 28 June 1919 at the Paris Peace Conference dominated by Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson.