"History of medieval Sofia IV - XIV century" is a monograph dedicated to the eleventh-century-long existence of one of the most remarkable Balkan cities during the middle ages - The present day capital of Bulgaria - Sofia. It was situated along the Via Diagonalis through the Peninsula and was mentioned in the Annals from this age under the names Serdica, Sredets, Triaditza. Early Byzantine Serdica was a "Marvellous Metropolis" - the main city in the Province of Midland Dacia. A city favoured by Emperor Constantine The Great, in which he constructed a magnificent architectural ensemble.The council of ... |
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The purpose I pursue with this book is to compare the information that has come down to us from old writers and to draw some conclusions about the people who spread the Bulgarian state to the Balkans, without resorting to the numerous contemporary books that I have read and that fill my library. I do this not out of disrespect for the tremendous work of contemporary Bulgarian writers and historians, but out of a desire to make an independent assessment of events and to draw my own conclusions about the relationship and sequence of events and their consequences by reading only older authors. I hope the book will find a ... |
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Пето издание. Препис на съвременен български език: Минчо Георгиев Минчев. ... "На когото се случи, най-много от очакване, да вникне в моя беден ръкопис, да чете или да преписва, моля смирено да ми прости, ако открие погрешност в него, или погрешност в ръкописането, или в граматиката, да не хули, нито да укорява, понеже не владея художественото писане; и не писах аз с намерението да поучавам или да показвам моя художествен разум и да получа (за това) похвала: но като виждах, че този славен преди това народ, сиреч царски и патриаршески, както и чадата му апостолски, бе доведен до такова крайно забвение и унижение, че ... |
