В търсене на средновековното време. Неравният път на българите (VII-XV в.)

Author(s): Hristo Matanov / Language(s): Bulgarian

In the book "Seeking the Middle Ages" Prof. Hristo Matanov is presenting the rich and dramatic history of the Balkan region through the Bulgarian history and culture. In this study Prof. Matanov shows the location of Bulgaria not only as crossing point of the ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia, but as a crossing point of politic interests and cultural transfer. This has brought the necessity to withstand the pressure that was coming from North-West, North-East and from the South and has played a significant role in the rises and the downfalls of the Bulgarian kingdom. The author's contribution for the book is that he has written this solid history in such way, that it may be read, understood and appreciated by both academic readers and common readers, who are interested in history. The author gathers in one book the entire Medieval history of Bulgaria, the foundation of the kingdom, the complex Politics, in which the Bulgarian rulers had to go in to in order to protect their kingdom and subjects, the religious shift of the kingdom to Christianity from paganism and the periods when it was conquered by Byzantium and later - by the Ottoman empire.

Sanjana nacija

Author(s): Stathis Gourgouris / Language(s): Serbian

Against the backdrop of ever-increasing nationalist violence during the last decade of the twentieth century, this book challenges standard analyses of nation formation by elaborating on the nation’s dream-like hold over the modern social imagination. The author argues that the national fantasy lies at the core of the Enlightenment imaginary, embodying its central paradox: the intertwining of anthropological universality with the primacy of a cultural ideal. Crucial to the operation of this paradox and fundamental in its ambiguity is the figure of Greece, the universal alibi and cultural predicate behind national-cultural consolidation throughout colonialist Europe. The largely unpredictable institution of a modern Greek nation in 1830 undoes the interweaving of Enlightenment and Philhellenism, whose centrifugal strands continue to unravel the certainty of European history, down to the current internal predicaments of the European Community or the tragedy of the Balkan conflicts.

Vlasi u historiografiji

Author(s): Zef Mirdita / Language(s): Croatian

Much has been written on and discussed about the Balkan nation of Vlachs. Despite that, they have remained a historical mystery of the Mediterranean region and even wider. The reason for this is the fact that Vlachs (also called Cincars) do not have a defined ethnic and political area. They also do not have their particular cultural, educational and spiritual institutions. Historical research of Vlachs gave often conflicting results and these researches are the subject of this book. The author has treated the subject chronologically because Vlachs appeared very early in the multiethnic region of Balkan. Accordingly the book is divided into following chapters: “Vlachs in the works of Byzantine writers”, “Vlachs in the Turkish historiography”, “Vlachs in the medieval Latin chronicles, Imperial and Papal letters”. The author has also made a general cultural and geographical division - Vlachs in Balkan historiographies and Vlachs in Western historiographies including, as a separate chapter, Vlachs in Russian historiography.

Българите в агиографията от XIII-XV век. Общество, бит и култура

Author(s): Silviya Arizanova / Language(s): Bulgarian

The presentation and analysis of the evidence about the Bulgarian society, lifestyle and culture in the hagiography from the thirteenth through the fifteenth century give diverse types of information that refers to different areas. The strong idealization of the lives of saints, propagated political ideology and the great number of legendary motifs make it difficult to discern what is real in the hagiographic texts. This does not affect their value as sources of information; it just requires that they be used with the necessary attention due to the specifics of this type of works. They are undoubtedly rich in evidence about the spiritual world of the Bulgarians, curious details of their everyday life, and especially in information that we can derive for the Bulgarian society, the attitude towards certain social groups, their functions and position. Hagiography definitely deserves a place at least as an additional source for the medieval Bulgarian history, although there are issues such as education and religious life, for example, where hagiographic works should be considered primary sources par excellence. The evidence derived from the hagiographic literature in this book by no means exhausts all the topics one can find data about in it. It contains also information about political events, about the economy of monasteries, as well as data about towns and villages. Collecting and summarizing this information can reveal interesting new details from the Bulgarian history and can be of help when dealing with other sources.

Бенедето Рамберти и Даниело Лудовизи: Двама венециански пратеници в Константинопол през 1534 г.

Author(s): Snezhana Rakova,Penka Danova / Language(s): Bulgarian

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Св. Климент Охридски. Живот и дейност

Author(s): Iliya Georgiev Iliev / Language(s): Bulgarian

Instead of a short abstract, please refer to the PDF-files of the introduction to the book, its table of content and the sample-PDF (in English) which, each of them, you can download for free from here. We hope you will get through these files a more comprehensive impression about the book than would be provided by just a few lines of an abstract / summary.

“Бях в три страни, които и трите се казват България”. Географско-пътеписни съчинения за България и българите от XV век

Author(s): Vasil Gyuzelev / Language(s): Bulgarian

The present anthology comprises translations of 47 works (travel notes and log books, geography accounts, itineraries, portolans, treatises, sermons, novels and a variety of others); they are made up of either detailed or concise reports dealing with the Bulgarian lands and their inhabitants during the fifteenth century. They are the works of authors of various affiliations in terms of ethnicity, religious denomination or nationality (Arab, Bulgarian, Byzantine, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish ones, etc.) They are meant to draw out an image of the state of affairs in the Bulgarian lands, as well as of the general state of the Bulgarians during the century in question, and also supplement and add up to the details listed in the papers and historical records pertinent to the period mentioned being of paramount importance in view to the Bulgarian history. They clearly and unequivocally show that during that period of time, the recollections over the Bulgarians and their nation had as of yet been clear and very much alive not only in the minds of many, but also distinct to almost all of Europe. Meanwhile, the details they feature provide for a clarification of the way of life of the Bulgarian people in the first few decades it had under the sway of a foreign rule, their part partaking not only to their history, but to the ones of the Balkans and Europe. The selected works of the remarkable medieval Bulgarian writers from that century, such as Constantine of Kostenets and Vladislav the Grammarian, stand out from the rest in the anthology. Their geographical and travel notes to a large extent account for the vigour of the Bulgarian national creative zest displayed in the course of a grievous century from the Bulgarian history. Brief notes on the certain authors and their works publications have been added to each and every translation of the particular sources. The written commentary with the particular texts is concise and relates a purposive information. A considerable portion of the texts comprised in the respective anthology has for the first time been brought to the knowledge of the reading party in Bulgaria. In a great measure, it is what would determine their significance as tools for a further scientific research.

Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Sofia, 22-27 August 2011. Volume III. Abstracts of Free Communications

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,French,Russian,German,Greek, Modern (1453-)

The present volume contains a diverse collection of more than 500 abstracts of free communications and posters presented at the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies. As readers will realize, the forty Congress sessions have been constructed so as to include eminent scholars with substantial experience along with young and upcoming researchers striving to establish themselves in their respective fields. The arrangement of the abstracts follows the structure of the Congress program as put together under the supervision of Vassil Gjuzelev, President of the Organizing Committee. Considerable assistance, during his visit to Sofia in early April 2011, was also provided by Peter Schreiner, President of the International Association for Byzantine Studies, to whom we extend our sincere gratitude. The title of each session is prefixed by the letters FC (“Free Communications”) followed by the number of the respective session. The texts are reproduced with minimal editorial amendments and reflect the personal style and preferences of their authors.

Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Sofia, 22-27 August 2011. Volume II. Abstracts of Round Table Communications

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,French,Russian,German

In the initial stages of preparation for the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, the Organizing Committee consulted with the National Committees. Out of those consultations there emerged the five main themes around which the roundtable discussions have been constructed. These are: Philology, Palaeography, Codicology; Archaeology and History; History of Art and Music; Theology and Philosophy; Economy, Politics, Urban Life. From the themes proposed there emerged thirty-nine round-table sessions. Nearly five hundred scholars from all over the world have so far submitted the abstracts for their papers to be discussed in the round-table sessions. The abstracts are presented in this volume. Similar to the plenary-papers volume, this volume displays little, if any, editorial interference with the texts. Please note that RT stands for “Round Table”: this abbreviation appears before each consecutive number in the Congress Program.

Богатството ми е свободата. Спомени

Author(s): Petar Shandov / Language(s): Bulgarian

The memories of Petar Shandov are authoritative source about the history of the movements of national-integration for the Bulgarians in Macedonia. During his long and active involvement in this movement Shandov had gathered rich and valuable information about its development, about the controversy and the struggles in it, about the changes of ideas and its evolving and about the figures of that historical period. The chronological range of the memories in this book is form 1908 to 1950. The memories are written in an understandable, enthralling way and are great contribution to the Bulgarian documentations.

Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies. Sofia, 22–27 August 2011. Volume I, Plenary Papers

Author(s): / Language(s): English,French,Russian,German

The main theme of the congress, Byzantium without borders, aims at exploring the role of this great empire in the medieval world and its undiminished contemporary significance. Th e Congress program was designed so as to encourage the presentation of research in both traditional and novel areas. Th e participants’ contributions were arranged in seven plenary sessions and more than eighty associated round tables and panels of free communications, displaying an amazing variety of directions of research. All papers, submitted to the Organizing Committee in time, were published in advance and so we have now a fine collection of three volumes, containing the plenary papers, the abstracts of papers for the round-table discussions, as well as the free-communication abstracts.

Византијски свет на Балкану I-II

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Serbian

The Serbian Political Emigration in Western Europe 1945–1956

Author(s): Kosta Nikolić / Language(s): English

The book on the Serbian political emigration in Western Europe after World War II consists of two main parts. The first part is devoted to biography of General Miodrag Damjanović; second part explores the forming of the Serbian political emigration after the defeat of Serbian and Yugoslav anti-communist military forces at the end of the war. Political emigration occurred in Italy, Germany and Great Britain. Many of these people later moved to the United States of America and Australia. This book examines their lives. The biography of Miodrag Damjanović, a General in the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia, presents a life story of a Serbian officer, a representative of the military elite whose peak was reached just before WW II, only to experience a steep downfall that at the same time meant the destruction of their career, as well as of the society whose prisoners they were and whom they served faithfully.

Srpske političke elite i Londonska konferencija - Tom II

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

These two volumes contains selected documents focused on the first round of negotiations within the Internatonal Conference on the former Yugoslavia, organized in London in August 1992 by United Nations and European Community. Alongside with the versions of the offered settlement the volumes contain detailed records of inter nal debates of representatives of Serbian political elites from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro. These debates, inscribed in minutes of the Council for Harmonization of the State Policy of the President of FRY are shedding important light on the wartime decision-making, as well as on the balance of power and differences of opinions within the Serbian side. Attached to the volume are also personal recollections of the protagonists.

Под сянката на Сталин и Хитлер. Втората световна война и съдбата на европейските народи, 1939-1941 г. Т. 1. Началото на Втората световна война в Европа

Author(s): Plamen Tzvetkov / Language(s): Bulgarian

What is World War II? When does it start? These, seemingly, easy to answer questions have a surprisingly too many diverse answers. Compared to Word War I, the later is subject to much more unpopular views, in both, public and specialized literature.There are too many distortions, subjectivism and deliberate concealment of basic facts. Many are convinced that World War II in Europe started with Germany's attack on Poland, while in reality Poland has been invaded at least 17 days in advance from Germany and then from Russia. For example, few know that the Soviet-Nazi Alliance, signed with the Non-aggression Pact on 23 August 1939, began to act as the closest combat co-operation in the first hours of the invasion of the "Wehrmacht" on September 1.

Светът през XX век

Author(s): Plamen Tzvetkov / Language(s): Bulgarian

Ignorance towards world history can lead to severe distortions in the national psyche. Even today, Bulgarians either rejoice as the greatest nation, surrounded by enemies, for some reason, or as a hopelessly lagging nation. The book offers the most fateful events and processes from the history of mankind in the twentieth century. During this century, people entered space, found the computer but at the same time faced the threat of nuclear self-destruction and were struck by a new type of plague known as AIDS. The planet became narrow. Clothing, life-style and food are uniform. The globalization, symbolized by both McDonald's fast food and Chinese restaurants, has its furious opponents, but also enthusiastic followers. Current Handbook aims to acquaint students with those historical events and processes in the history of Europe and the world in the twentieth century that directly impact human civilization, and the beginning of the 21st century. Therefore, the approach is not typical for historical science - events and processes are not chronologically but problem-based considered.

Ослобођење Београда 1944.

Author(s): / Language(s): Russian,Serbian

Други светски рат је на простору Србије и Југославије оставио трајне последице, које су поред својих глобалних обележја имале и низ локалних особености. У свести низа генерација сачувало се сећање на хиљаде изгубљених људских живота, уништену економију, разорену инфраструктуру, тешке материјалне губитке, трагичне људске судбине, небројене цивилне жртве, изгубљене наде, срушене младости, недочекане старости, недосањану будућност, разбијене и расуте породице, револуционарне промене, војне сукобе, стране интервенције и крваве грађанске сукобе. Као такве, локалне особености Другог светског рата на простору Србије и Југославије током минулих деценија су представљале повод за озбиљне друштвене расправе, идеолошке стереотипе и тумачења. Често употребљаване и злоупотребљаване чињенице о Другом светском рату на тим просторима биле су предмет низа манипулација. [...]

Срби и рат у Југославији 1941. године

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Croatian,Russian,German,Serbian

Почетак Другог светског рата у Југославији обележили су брзи војни слом, комадање југословенске територије и грађански рат који је отпочео на простору Србије. Све то било је последица како непријатељске агресије тако и бројних политичких, социјалних и економских противречности нагомиланих у међуратном раздобљу југословенске државе. Југославија је између два светска рата била земља великих социјалних разлике, привредне неинтегрисаности и културолошких различитости, што је, нарочито после Велике економске кризе, избацило на површину радикалне покрете и на левици и на десници који су у својим програмима нудили привлачна социјална мерила. Југословенска државна идеја, идеја националног јединства, у коју се посумњало убрзо по формирању заједничке државе, дефинитивно је званично напуштена стварањем Бановине Хрватске. Међутим, на плану међунационалних односа, стварање Бановине Хрватске не само да није смирило хрватско-српске супротности, нити задовољило национално-политичке тежње Хрвата и учврстило нестабилне државне темеље него је допринело јачању раздора, изазвало незадовољство Срба и подстакло потребу за преиспитивањем југословенске државне идеје. Стога је у овом периоду, из угла национално-политичких потреба српске нације, једно од најтежих питања националне политике чинила дилема за или против Југославије. [...]

Potka srpskog identiteta. antizapadnjaštvo, rusofilistvo, tradicionalizam...

Author(s): Sonja Biserko / Language(s): Serbian

Problem nacionalnog identiteta postoji, naročito u nedovršenim nacijama, pogotovo tamo gde ne postoji podudarnosti etničkog i državnog aspekta pojma nacije, i tamo gde je taj raskorak traumatičan. Istorijski posmatrano, nacionalni identiteti profilisali su se u okviru zamišljenih zajednica, koje su njeni pripadnici bili spremni da brane po svaku cenu; oni su kao i njihove vođe smatrali da su njihve osnovne odgovornosti – nacionalne. To je možda svojevremeno, bilo neizbežno, ali u globalnom svetu nije dovoljno.U globalnom svetu ljudi pripadaju brojnim zamišljenim zajednicama – lokalnim, regionalnim, državnim, nacionalnim, kosmopolitskim – koje se uzajamno prožimaju, zahvaljujući prvenstveno tehnološkoj komunikacijskoj revolucijii dostupnosti putovanja. Suverenitet nije više apsolut kao što se nekada smatralo. Zbog složenosti problema i okolnosti u kojima Srbija traga za svojim novim identitetom – poraz državnog projekta krajem XX veka i frustracije koja je iz toga proizašla, kao i odgovornošću za rat i ratne zločine koje teško prihvata – Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava se odlučio da priređivanjem zbornika koja je pred čitaocima podstakne raspravu na tu temu. Umesto okretanja modernosti, novi identitet Srbija traži u prošlosti, oslanjajući se na “tradicionalni autentični politički identitet”, odnosno srednjevekovno nasleđe Srbije, pravoslavlje, vizantijsko nasleđe, folklor u kulturi i antizapadnjaštvo. [...]

Pokatoličavanje Srba u Nezavisnoj Državi Hrvatskoj

Author(s): / Language(s): Croatian,Serbian

Tema pokatoličavanja srpskog pravoslavnog stanovništva u Nezavisnoj Državi Hrvatskoj predmet je višedecenijskog interesovanja istraživača istorije Jugoslavije tokom Drugog svjetskog rata. Iako su prethodni istraživači svojim istraživanjima obuhvatili mnoge aspekte ove teme, zbornik naučnih radova koji je pred čitaocima predstavlja najobuhvatniji pregled teme na osnovu izvora koje prethodna istoriografija nije konsultovala ili ih nije dovoljno analizirala. Zbornik radova Pokatoličavanje Srba u Nezavisnoj Državi Hrvatskoj sastoji se iz pet naučnih radova. Naučni radovi nastali su kao rezultat istraživanja u osam arhivskih ustanova u Hrvatskoj i Srbiji i pregleda dvadesetak arhivskih fondova. [...]