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Потомъкът на Шишмановци – реален или въображаем участник в Първото търновско въстание от 1598 г.
The Descendant of Shishmanids – A Real or Imaginary Participant in the First Tarnovo Uprising of 1598

Author(s): Krasimir S. Krastev,
Subject(s): History, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Bulgarian tsar; Shishman III; Theodore Balina; First Tarnovo Uprising; Konstantin Jireček; Vasil Zlatarski.

Summary/Abstract: In Bulgarian historiography a thesis has been maintained that during the First Tarnovo Uprising, which broke out in 1598, the inhabitants of the old Bulgarian capital of Tarnovo had proclaimed an imaginary descendant of the Shishman dynasty under the name of Shishman III as a tsar. In other cases, this person is identified with Theodore Balina. This article aims to prove that these conclusions are not based on any scientific evidence, but are a the result of a series of misunderstandings and errors that have been reproduced to our own day.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 89-104
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bulgarian