MIRACLES IN BULGARIA IN AN UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT FROM 1632
MIRACLES IN BULGARIA IN AN UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT FROM 1632
Author(s): Alexandru CiocîltanSubject(s): History, Diplomatic history, Economic history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Modern Age, Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, 17th Century, The Ottoman Empire, History of Religion
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Bulgaria; Sofia; Trăn; Nikopol; Christians; Turks; Miracles; Account; 1632;
Summary/Abstract: The object of the present study is an unpublished account from 1632 preserved in the Propaganda Fide Archive in Rome. The source provides a detailed description of three miracles which occurred in Bulgaria, namely in Sofia, Trăn and Nikopol. The document is important because it offers new information which allows us to better understand the complex relations between Christians and Muslims in the Balkan Peninsula. The author of the study considers the Ragusan merchants from Sofia to be the spies who brought this fresh and updated information to the Imperial Court in Vienna. He argues that the unknown author of the account was most likely Ciriaco Rocci, the Apostolic nuncio to the emperor.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 167-182
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
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