Byzantium and Bulgaria, 775-831: Winner of the 2013 John Bell Book Prize

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BRILL, 6. lis 2011. - Broj stranica: 400
This innovative survey of Byzantium's relations with pre-Christian Bulgaria in the late eighth and early ninth century offers an entirely new framework for understanding the developments that shaped one of the most turbulent periods in the history of the early Medieval Balkans. Unlike previous studies, it integrates the surviving literary sources with the ever-growing archaeological record to construct a comprehensive narrative account of the Byzantine-Bulgar conflict for political mastery in the region. Moreover, the analysis of the changing socio-political structures of Bulgaria provides a basis for understanding its transformation from a loose tribal confederation into a stable monarchy. While this is primarily a regional study, focusing on the territories and peoples controlled by the two competing powers, it is also of interest to students of the Frankish, Arab and steppe-nomad worlds, since the relations between Byzantium and Bulgaria are put into a wider international context.
 

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Introduction
1
Chapter One The Sources
5
Chapter Two The Geographical and Historical Setting
51
Chapter Three Bulgarias Northern Neighbours and the Black Sea Zone in the Seventh to Ninth Centuries
105
Chapter Four Conflict and Contact 775802
143
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173
Chapter Six The Bulgar Offensive 811814
217
Chapter Seven The Last Phase of the War and the Conclusion of the Thirty Years Peace
265
Chapter Eight The Reign of Omurtag and the Transformation of Early Medieval Bulgaria
287
Conclusion
311
Bibliography
321
Index
361
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