«ТУНИССКОЙ ПАША» МИХАИЛА МАТИНСКОГО

Author(s): Mikhail Matinski,Alexander Lifshits / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/2015

Более полувека назад замечательный историк русской литературы XVIII столетия П. Н. Берков пообещал опубликовать написанное Михаилом Матинским (1750–1820) и никогда не издававшееся либретто оперы Василия Пашкевича «Тунисской Паша»: «Текст ее <пьесы. – А.Л.> будет напечатан мною в одном из ближайших выпусков сборника „XVIII век“ »1. Обещание, однако, осталось не выполненным. Известный П. Н. Беркову и, похоже, единственный сохранившийся список этого драматического сочинения2 остался лежать в Театральной библиотеке в Санкт-Петербурге.

XIV международен конгрес по османска социална и икономическа история

Author(s): Nina Hristova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2017

D’Amaurote à Dumocala : variations sur les rois en utopie

Author(s): François Rosset / Language(s): French Issue: 11/2021

After recalling the figure of Pantagruel, a grandson of the king of Utopia and king of the Dipsodes - which makes it possible to evoke some of the properties of utopia, and in particular that which consists of searching within utopia itself for filial links it maintains with previous texts - the discussion is narrowed down to the figure of the king in the tradition of utopia, with Sylvain Maréchal's Last Judgement of Kings serving as an example. Next, attention is directed more specifically to the figure of the king of Poland, a figure particularly suited to stimulate the political imagination of Europeans in the 18th century, and then to the person of Stanislas Leszczyński - the only sovereign to have written a utopia. He is the author of the short novel Entretien d’un Européan avec un insulaire du Royaume de Dumocala, which is both faithful to the narrative model it helps to perpetuate and devoid of any revolutionary intentions.

L’Abbaye de Thélème : une enclave soustraite au réel ou le paroxysme d’une société élitiste

Author(s): Matthieu Founeau / Language(s): French Issue: 11/2021

This article aims to analyze the Abbey of Thélème imagined by François Rabelais to get a clear idea about the initial utopian programme, by means of observing its shapes and limits. It will situate this work at an intersection between humanitarian values, contribution from More, spiritual crisis, and above all a pressing demand for renewal and novelty, resulting from societal and political criticism. It is from this opening statement that we will try to approach the structure, the project and the laws regulating and organizing this particular utopian society, before determining its limits. Attention will be paid to its construction, concrete and theoretical, in a parallel with the architecture of the convent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette designed by Le Corbusier. Thus, we will demonstrate how Rabelais’ linguistic games overstep the ideological project for the benefit of a new type of writing, complex and multifaceted. We will have to understand a lot of paradoxes which allow us to determine the importance of the literature beyond the initial utopian project.

Azor d’Aunillon : l’équivoque du langage dans un récit utopique de 1750

Author(s): Stanisław Świtlik / Language(s): French Issue: 11/2021

While included in Garnier’s collection, Azor, a little known work of Aunillon from 1750, does not follow the literary rules of most narrative utopias. However, the complex story presents critical thinking about the development of refined societies. The change which a mute community experiences on an island while learning to speak calls into question the future of this happy society, but no narrator’s commentary elaborates on this turning point in the utopia. In Azor, language becomes an ambiguous object which allows for the critical consideration of the steps necessary to access philosophical sophistication but also implicitly highlights problems associated with too hasty a progress. Through the narrative plot, the judgment on civilization reveals a subtle and skillful examination of hopes and challenges of the Enlightenment, articulated in a narrative utopia as in a laboratory of ideas. Aunillon's work is part of the debates of the mid-century by expressing a nuanced validation of civilization.

Joachim Zdrenka, Złotów 1370–2020. 650-lecie miasta, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2020, ss. 574

Author(s): Błażej Śliwiński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 01/2021

Religious Rhetoric of Power in Byzantium and South-Eastern Europe

Author(s): Elena Kostova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 43/2021

LE BATACLAN – LE DORĆOL: LE PATRIMOINE CULTUREL ET HISTORIQUE JUIF DE PARIS ET DE BELGRADE

Author(s): Nevena Daković,Aleksandra Kolaković / Language(s): French Issue: 75/2021

À travers une perspective multidisciplinaire, basée sur les connaissances historiques et pointant vers de nouvelles recherches sur le patrimoine culturel et historique des Juifs de Belgrade et de Paris, il s’agit de souligner les similitudes et les différences dans l’existence, la préservation et la présentation du patrimoine juif dans deux environnements géographiquement éloignés, historiquement et socialement différents. L’objectif est de tenir compte du contexte historique, culturel et artistique du patrimoine culturel juif historique et la question inextricablement liée de l’Holocauste. L’article cherche à lancer une discussion sur le Bataclan, le quartier juif de Paris, et Dorcol, une partie de Belgrade où les noms de rue témoignent de la vie de la communauté juive. Le but de l’article n’est pas seulement de comparer et de souligner le lien, mais aussi de promouvoir la diversité du patrimoine culturel de la France et de la Serbie.

ПРИНЦ ЕВГЕНИЈЕ САВОЈСКИ ИЗМЕЂУ ПАРИЗА, БЕЧА И БЕОГРАДА

Author(s): Duško Lopandić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 75/2021

The paper presents the life and work of Eugene of Savoy, a famous military leader at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, whose achivements left a mark in the history of numerous countries, from Austria, through Germany, Italy and France, to Serbia. The biography of Prince Eugene has a mutinational, “pan-European” char- acter, bearing in mind that he came from an Italian family (princes of Savoy), that he was raised in the environment of the French royal court, and that he served three Habsburg emperors (Leopold I, Joseph I and Charles VI). Napoleon considered Eugene one of the seven greatest commanders of history.The article contains presentation of young years and military career of Prince Eugene, especially during the Great Turkish war (1683-1699) and after, includin presantation of crucial battles of Zenta (1687), Petrowaradin (1716) and Belgrade (1717). The Prince’s fame was secured with his decisive victory against the Ottomans at the Battle of Zenta in 1697, earning him Europe-wide fame. The Battle of Zenta proved to be the decisive victory in the long war against the Turks. Renewed hostilities against the Ottomans in the Austro-Turkish War consolidated his reputation, with victories at the battles of Petrovaradin (1716), and the decisive encounter at Belgrade (1717). Of all Eugene’s wars this was the one in which he exercised most direct control; it was also a war which, for the most part, Austria fought and won on her own. The war had dispelled the immediate Turkish threat to Hungary and was a triumph for the Empire and for Eugene personally. In the period after the Second World War, during the period of growing popularity of European integration and cooperation, as well as supranational ideas, there was a reinterpretation of the historical role of Eugene Savoy as an archetypal character “pan-European”, “hero of European culture”, “builder of Europe”. The period of the Austro-Turkish wars in which Prince Evgenije participated and his great victories over the Turks had an exceptional influence and significance on the history of the Serbian people (Great Migration 1690). A large number of Serbs also took part in the campaigns and battles led by Eugene of Savoy.

SOFIA AS A SACRED SPACE FOR ESOTERIC SOCIETIES (END OF THE 19th – FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY)

Author(s): Georgeta Nazarska / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

The article studies the connection between structuring of the Sofia urban space from the end of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century and esoteric communities in the capital (spiritualist, theosophical, anthroposophical, Rosicrucian, freemasonic, co-freemasonic, including some of the NRM). A “case study” of present districts of Krasno Selo, Pavlovo and Ovcha Kupel is made with historical and cultural studies approach. Both the processes of their emergence, settlement, planning, and the socio-cultural profile of their inhabitants, some of whom were associated with occult societies, are explored.

„РАЗКАЗИ ЗА ДУНАВСКАТА ЦИВИЛИЗАЦИЯ“ РИБАРИТЕ КАТО ОБЩНОСТ С НАСЛЕДСТВО

Author(s): Nikolay Nenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 19/2021

This text focuses on the research, observations and analyzes on the heritage of the fisheries communities along the Lower Danube, carried out with the implementation of the project “Memofish – Memory and Future. Stories about the Danube Civilization”, and in line with a number of strategic documents, focuses on the promotion of a Common Policy for Local Strategies that enables the sharing of cultural heritage. The heritage of fisheries communities in the Romania-Bulgaria crossborder area is a multifaceted topic because it focuses on ancient knowledge of nature and contemporary skills. It applies both to the mysteries 260 of a craft that disappears and to the techniques of preserving the river world. The heritage of fishing groups is little known outside their settlements even to researchers. Therefore, it is not known to contemporaries who seldom can take advantage of it to provide new jobs and income through alternative forms of tourism, or do not assume how to protect it effectively and develop sustainably. The Danube fisheries communities are recognized in this study as a specific model of groups, united by a common conception of the value of an element of the past, which is nowadays important for the distinguishable of these groups and their existence, since cultural heritage be in the focus of knowledge. Conservation and socialization activities are increasingly seen as a collective process in which local communities play an important role. Awareness of the value of heritage is a key component in creating a community that reflects on the processes of socialization and demonstrates the effectiveness of interaction between the community and heritage, since the binding elements are not political but cultural. This also demonstrates the ability to implement an integrated approach to managing cultural heritage through trust in the capabilities of communities.This text focuses on the research, observations and analyzes on the heritage of the fisheries communities along the Lower Danube, carried out with the implementation of the project “Memofish – Memory and Future. Stories about the Danube Civilization”, and in line with a number of strategic documents, focuses on the promotion of a Common Policy for Local Strategies that enables the sharing of cultural heritage. The heritage of fisheries communities in the Romania-Bulgaria crossborder area is a multifaceted topic because it focuses on ancient knowledge of nature and contemporary skills. It applies both to the mysteries 260 of a craft that disappears and to the techniques of preserving the river world. The heritage of fishing groups is little known outside their settlements even to researchers. Therefore, it is not known to contemporaries who seldom can take advantage of it to provide new jobs and income through alternative forms of tourism, or do not assume how to protect it effectively and develop sustainably. The Danube fisheries communities are recognized in this study as a specific model of groups, united by a common conception of the value of an element of the past, which is nowadays important for the distinguishable of these groups and their existence, since cultural heritage be in the focus of knowledge. Conservation and socialization activities are increasingly seen as a collective process in which local communities play an important role. Awareness of the value of heritage is a key component in creating a community that reflects on the processes of socialization and demonstrates the effectiveness of interaction between the community and heritage, since the binding elements are not political but cultural. This also demonstrates the ability to implement an integrated approach to managing cultural heritage through trust in the capabilities of communities.

АВЕРКИЙ ПОПСТОЯНОВ – БУНТАР И ПРОПОВЕДНИК

Author(s): Venezia Tomova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 20/2021

The text contain the information about Averkiy – one of those Bulgarians, whose particular deserts for the development of the school deed, the fight against the Phanariots, the literature and the national revolutionary fights. He is also a cleric, and author of church chants, and figure of the Bulgarian national Renaissance. He was born in Dupnitsa in 1802 in the family of a priest. As for many figures of the period of the Renaissance there is not much kept information. Averkiy has worked as a teacher for many years. From 1858 to 1878 he is an abbot in the Monastery of Osogovo – “St. Yoakim Osogovski” (today’s Republic of North Macedonia). After the liberation, the Monastery of Osogovo stays within the borders of the Ottoman Empire – this is the reason to movement of Averkiy to the Zhablenski monastery (in the area of Radomir, Bulgaria). He spends his last years reconstructing the monastery Averkiy dies in 1881. We determine Averkiy as a collective figure of the fighters of the epoch of the Bulgarian Renaissance. Clever, highly- educated, devout and sacrificial. This is him – worker for the enlightenment and literature, fighter for church independence, rebellion and preacher.

Кримската война в дневниците на кралица Виктория

Author(s): Lubomir Krustev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2022

This paper is investigating how the Crimean War (1853 – 1856) was depicted in the Journals of Queen Victoria. The Queen's Journals are a valuable source of information about this phase of the Eastern Question. They can provide an important perspective on the conflict between the West and Russia.

Книга за историята на морския град Бяла

Author(s): Asen Kozhuharov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2022

Кръгла маса за Васил Левски и четничеството

Author(s): Dora Chausheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2022

Научна конференция на тема „Дилеми на развитието“

Author(s): Ivan Roussev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2022

„МАЛТА, ГРАДА ГОЛЯМА“ ИЛИ КОЙ Е ГРАДЪТ ОТ БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ НАРОДНИ ПЕСНИ С МОТИВ „ДЕВОЙКА СПАСЯВА МАЛТА“

Author(s): Snezhanka Gencheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 20/2021

This article presents the application of mathematical analysis in reading folklore and argues for the significance of the method to study historical sources. This work also shows which is the city, described in the Bulgarian folk songs with a motif “A Virgin rescues Malta”.

Религиозно обучение и възпитание в българските и циганските евангелски общности до 1944 г.

Author(s): Magdalena Slavkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2021

The article makes an overview of the development of missionary activities of the Protestant denominations of different backgrounds in Bulgaria from the second half of the 19th century to 1944. It studies the religious education and upbringing of young people of Bulgarian and Gypsy origins. Using historical and archival sources, and ethnographic fieldwork as methods of work, this text aims to show that the most important part of the development of the church communities is the training of their members. Education in evangelical morality is also a key element in the socialization of every Evangelical Christian.

Руската богослужебна книга в българските земи след Кримската война (по материали от архива на Найден Геров) II част

Author(s): Antoaneta Kirilova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2021

The article is a continuation of a study published in 2012 in the journal “Historical Review” under the same title. Here the author summarizes data on Russian liturgical books delivered to the Bulgarian lands at the request and with the assistance of the Russian Vice Consul in Plovdiv Naiden Gerov. The information was found in the archive fund of N. Gerov in the Bulgarian Historical Archive at the National Library “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” (NBCM–BIA) after the publication of the study, published in 2012.

Един документ, свидетелстващ за християнската етика и обществената ангажираност на българите в Oтечеството и в емиграция (Румъния) през 60-те години на XIX век

Author(s): Ivaylo Naydenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2021

The proposed article pays attention to a document that provides valuable information in two directions. The first one is related to the Christian moral norms typical for the period of the Bulgarian National Revival. The second direction is related to the public self-organization and charity. The mentioned document is a letter (from 1860) sent by the notables of Tarnovo to their fellow countrymen in Ottoman Bulgaria, and in Romania (Bucharest) in order to help financially and morally their fellow-citizen Mihail Vasilev. He was a guild member (a furrier) and a merchant who became very poor in 1860. Probably the reasons for his pauperization were related to the specific economic and financial situation in the Ottoman Empire after the Crimean War (1853–1856). The negative factors caused by the war forced Mihail to leave the urban setting, and settle down in Romania. It is interesting to note that the spirit of Christian ethical norms (goodness, charity, compassion) influences the content of the whole document. The notables of Tarnovo urged their compatriots in the Bulgarian lands, and in Romania to help the needy and his family (a wife and five daughters). There are also some clues about merchants, their profession and wealth; the role of basic moral principles such as honesty. Last but not least, the discussed primary source can give the opportunity to assess the importance of self-organization of Bulgarians to help each other. Their social capital (social/entrepreneurial networks and contacts based on mutual trust) played an important role in such philanthropic activities.