От Адрианопол до Лихнида: областта Македония по сведения на Анна Комнина
From Adrianopole to Lychnidos: the region of Macedonia according to the information of Anna Komnene

Summary/Abstract: The region of Macedonia is often attested by Byzantine authors. But along with its frequent mention several difficulties arise. The most obvious one is the difference between the geographical and the administrative region of Macedonia, since the two concepts cover different territories. The focus of the topic is on the information contained in the “Alеxiad” and how the area of Macedonia is present in the descriptions of the Byzantine princess Anna Komnene. On the one hand, the geographical area of Macedonia is described in the “Alеxiad”, in the context of the warfare between the Normans and the Byzantines. It contains information on some settlements as part of the communication links between the Adriatic and the interior of the Byzantine Empire. On the other hand, Anna Komnene gives us information about the administrative area of Macedonia with its main military-administrative and economic centres Adrianople and Philippopolis. The information is in the context of the barbarian invasions (by Pechenegs and Cumans in Thrace), and the emperor’s policy towards heretics (the Paulicians). The geographical area of Macedonia is studied as part of the theme of the integration of the Bulgarian aristocracy into the Byzantine one after 1018.The area is thus studied in the context of the genealogy of the Doukas-Komnenos family and their relationship with the line of the Bulgarian king John Vladislav. Attention is focused on two personalities, Maria of Bulgaria and Irene Doukaina.

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