State and Church: Studies in Medieval Bulgaria and Byzantium

315 Pages·2011·7.714 MB·English

by  Vassil Gjuzelev, Kiril Petkov (Eds.)

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generous subvention by the America for Bulgaria Foundation.
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PREFACE ...•••••.
LIST OF ABBRE
CONTRIBUTORS
VASSIL GJUZEl
MEDIEVAL AND
TWENTIETH CE
GEORGI BAKAL
RELIGIOUS Asp
IN THE EUROPE.
PETARANGELO
THE BYZANTIN
HRISTO MATA.i,
THE RELATION~
AND THE BALK..
YoRDANKA YUR
BYZANTINE FOJ
OF CoINFINDs
MILIYANA KAili
THE FoUNDATIC
HISTORIOGRAPf
LILIANA V. SIM
THE "AvAR C
ARISTOCRATIC :
CONTENTS
PREFACE ..........•............................................................................................ vii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
CONTRIBUTORS .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. . X
VASSIL GJUZELEV
MEDIEVAL AND BYZANTINE STUDIES IN BULGARIA IN THE NINETEENTH AND
TWENTIETH CENTURIES: A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .......................... 1
GEORGI BAKALOV
RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF MEDIEVAL STATE IDEOLOGY
IN THE EUROPEAN SOUTHEAST .. .. .. ... .. .. .... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . . . .. . .. . ... ... 31
PETAR ANGELOV
THE BYZANTINES AS IMAGINED BY THE MEDIEVAL BULGARIANS ....................... 47
HRISTO MATANOV
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN CONQUERORS
AND THE BALKAN STATES IN THE 1370s-1380s: TYPOLOGICAL ASPECTS ........... 83
YoRDANKA YURUKOVA
BYZANTINE FORTRESSES TO THE SOUTH OF THE HEMUS MOUNTAIN IN THE LIGHT
OF COIN FINDS FROM THE LAST DECADES OF THE SIXTH CENTURY ..•................. 93
MILIYANA KAIMAKAMOVA
THE FOUNDATION OF THE BULGARIAN STATE IN BULGARIAN MEDIEVAL
HISTORIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
LILIANA V. SIMEONOVA
THE "AV AR CosTUME" VERSUS THE SKARAMANGION: SYMBOLISM OF THE MALE
ARISTOCRATIC DRESS IN BULGARIA, NINTH-TENTH CENTURIES ...................... 129
ANGEL NIKOLOV
THE PERCEPTION OF THE BULGARIAN p AST IN
THE COURT OF PRESLAV AROUND 900 AD ..................................................... 157 This colle
medieval Bulge
The exploratior
IVAN BILIARSKY
ST. PETER (927-969), TSAR OF THE BULGARIANS .....•......•...........•......•.•.......• 173 of the church a:
similar phenom
RossINA KosrovA in Bulgarian pU:
m
p ATRONAGE AND MONASTIC GEOGRAPHY and students
IN BULGARIA IN THE LATE NINTH AND TENTH CENTURIES ...•....•..................... 189 medieval schola
overview at the
VASIL.KA TA PKOVA-ZAIMOVA volume further i
THE Du CANGE CATALOGUE ........•.•.......•.•......•.......•..........•. ........ ..... ...... ..... 209 its major phases
Onbehalfo
lLIYAlLIEV like to express ,
THE FIRST Two CENTURIES OF THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF OHRID ········•··········•··· 237 American Resea
as.5istance, and 1
CYRIL PAVLIKIANOV America for Bul
WHAT Do WE KNow ABouT THE ATHONITE SLAVS IN THE MIDDLE AGES? ...•. 253
subvention with◄
Finally, we
SELECT ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ...........•.•........•.....•.•... ........ ........•.•........ 267
ofA RCS, for his
plan foc its exec1
INDEX········································································································· 290
It is our hon
of Byzantine Stu
take place in Bui
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PREFACE
..................... 157 This collection presents thirteen studies dedicated to the history of
medieval Bulgaria and Byzantium from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries.
The explorations revolve around issues of critical import for the functioning
of the church and state in medieval Bulgaria, and their intimate linkages to
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similar phenomena in Byzantium. Most of the essays have already appeared
in Bulgarian publications. The collection acquaints English-speaking experts
and students in the field with a sample of the directions that Bulgarian
medieval scholarship has taken in the last twenty years. The historiographical
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overview at the beginning and the annotated bibliography at the end of the
volume further introduce the reader to that academic tradition by highlighting
its major phases and achievements.
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On behalf of the contributors and the editors of this collection, we should
like to express our gratitude to Charles Denver Graninger, Director of the
····················· 237 American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS), for his encouragement and kind
assistance, and for the Center's consistent moral and financial support. The
America for Bulgaria Foundation has been most generous with extending a
1LEAGES? ..... 253 subvention without which this publication would not have been possible.
Finally, we would like to thank Todor Petev, Director of the US Office
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ofA RCS, for his conceiving the idea for this volume and putting together the
plan for its execution.
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It is our honor to dedicate this volume to the 22nd International Congress
of Byzantine Studies in Sofia, perhaps the most important scholarly event to
take place in Bulgaria over the past century.
The Editors
Vassil Gjuzelev and Kiril Petkov
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