Образът на цар Борис III в дневния ред на българското общество - 1918-1943 г.
The Image of King Boris III on the Agenda of Bulgarian Society 1918-1943

Summary/Abstract: The personality of King Boris III occupied a central, specific place in Bulgarian political and public life in 1918-1943. Besides that, for many reasons this personality turned into an important differentiated element of the national political mythology. The paper reveals how the image of the monarch was formed in the public space during the time when he headed the State. The observations show that throughout the period under review an entirely positive image of the king predominated. Its shaping and consolidation at first began spontaneously, undirected and uncoordinated. During the mid-Thirties the cult of the king, gradually launched through the press, entered the stage of mythologizing his personality. Besides the press and individual publications to the consolidation of a generally valid royal image contributed extremely much both the existing channels of face-to-face communication and above all the King himself by his masterly public behaviour. The article is based on information summed-up from the press of that time and other sources, as well as on numerous, critically used memoir and diary information. The fundamental traits of the royal personality are indicated, not only as fixed by his contemporaries but also as they emerge from the critical reading of the sources.

• Details
• Contents