History of Medieval Sofia IV—XIV century
История на Средновековна София IV—XIV век
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Table of contents

Introduction

I. Serdica during the 4th—7th century

1. The city during the reign of the late Roman emperors Diocletian (284в305) and Constantine the Great (306—337)

2. Emperor Julian the Apostate and Serdica

3. Goths and Huns as part of the history of the city

4. Serdica during the Slavic raids of the 6th—7th century

II. Sredets in the history of early medieval Bulgaria (809—1018)

1. Bulgarian Khan Krum (796—814) incorporates Serdica into the lands of Bulgaria

2. The city during the events in Bulgarian history before 971

3. Serdica during the reign of the Copetopuli and in Samuel's Bulgaria

III. Serdica (Triaditza—Sredets) within the boundaries of the Byzantine Empire (1018—1195)

1. Serdica and the Boyana Fortress during the uprising of Peter Delyan

2. The Pechenegs and Sredets Region

3. Serdica—Triaditza in times of uprising

4. The first Crusaders and the Serdicians

5. The role of Serdica—Triaditza and the Byzantine—Hungarian and Byzantine—Serbian relations during the 12th century

6. German Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and Serdica

7. Serdica through the eyes of one Byzantine rhetorician from the 70s of the 12th century

IV. Sredets—Sofia in the history of the Second Bulgarian Empire 13th—14th century

1. The city in the realm of the first tsars of the Asen dynasty

2. Tsar Ivan II Asen and Sredets

3. Sebastokrator Kaloyan and Sebastokrator Dessislava and their Boyana Church

4. Sredets during the first half of the 14th century

5. Sofia's capture by the Ottoman Turks (1385)

V. Demographic and ethnic changes in Serdica-Sredets-Sofia and its region during the 4th—14th century

1. Demographic and ethnic changes in Serdica and its region during the IV-VII century

1.1. The population of Serdica during the 1st—3rd century

1.2. Changes in the population's composition during the 4th—5th century

1.3. Ethnic and social changes during the 6th—7th century

2. Ethnic composition in Serdica (Sredets—Triaditza—Sofia) during the 9th—14th century

2.1. Slavicisation and Bulgarisation of the city — 809—1018

2.2. Ethnic changes during the Byzantine rule

VI. Serdica—Sredets—Sofia — a religious and spiritual centre during the 4th—14th century

1. Serdica — an important religious and spiritual centre between the 4th and the beginning of the 11th century

1.1. The religious governance of Serdica until the Council of Serdica of 343 AD

1.2. Dogmatic teaching during the 4th century and the Council of Serdica of 343 AD

1.3. Christianisation of Serdica's population during the 4th—6th century and the Serdician Christian diocese

1.4. Sedician episcopal see and metropolitan diocese — 8th—11th century

2. Serdica (Triaditza—Sredets—Sofia) — an important and spiritual centre from the 11th to the end of the 14th century

2.1. The Serdician episcopal see between the 11th and the end of the 12th century

2.2. Saint John of Rila — "the Beacon of Sredets"

2.3. Heretic teachings in the city and their representatives. Conflicts within the Serdician (Triaditian) episcopal see

2.4. The Serdician episcopal see (metropolitan diocese) between the end of the 12th and the end of the 14th century

VII. Sofia's names throughout the centuries

References

Sources

Historiography

List of abbreviations

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