Из католическите ръкописи в Битоля: съвремие (ХІХ век) и средновековно минало
On the catholic manuscripts in Bitola: contemporary (19th century) and medieval past

Summary/Abstract: Father Hypert of the Lazarist Order resided in the Ottoman province during the last years of the 19th century and the early 20th century. The mission among the Bulgarians in Thessaloniki is considered to be the first and main one in Macedonia. Next came the one in Monastir (Bitola). The object of the study is a voluminous letter by Father Hypert (25 February 1896). It is addressed to Father Fiat, Superior of the Congregation of the Mission in Paris, in fulfillment of his commission. Its content is an attempt to present the emergence and migration of the Vlachs in the Balkans and to point out the ties of kinship between the Vlachs and the Catholic missionaries of French origin. Many of the historical descriptions in the letter are borrowed from Father Jean-Claude Faverial (1817–1893). The main characters in the historical discourse are first of all the Vlachs, followed by the Albanians and the Bulgarians. Father Hypert criticism of Greeks, whether referring to ancient times or his own modern times, is present throughout the narrative. The letter is actually a History of the Vlachs, commissioned by Propaganda Fide, which serves as a basis and an orientation in religious matters. It brings no new knowledge of medieval times, but only informs and becomes the foundation for new problems to be solved in European modernity.

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