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Смъртта на цар Самуил в текстовете на българската историческа наука
Tzar Samuil's death in Bulgarian historical texts

Author(s): Strashimir Tsanov
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Semiotics / Semiology, Theoretical Linguistics, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: History; historical meaning; death; contingency; symbol; tragic; humanity; charisma

Summary/Abstract: The article studies the question of the presence of Tzar Samuil's death in Bulgarian historical science. The focus of the study is placed upon the texts of K. Jirecek, V. Zlatarski, P. Mutafchiev. The hypothesis of P. Mutafchiev that the death of the Bulgarian tzar was of fatal significance for the destiny of the First Bulgarian Empire has been revised. The author's observations lead to the conclusion that to Bulgarian historians tzar Samuil's death is a testimony for the moral supremacy of his personality.