The Bulgarian Monarchy. Volume 4: The Kings of the Lakes (976—1072)
Българската монархия (976—1072). Том 4. Езерните царе
Category: First Bulgarian Kingdom
Language: Bulgarian

   One of the ironic aspects of the contemporary Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute over who Tsar Samuel belongs to is that, caught up in it, neither Sofia nor Skopje manages to focus on what really matters. For beyond the narrative of national identity and the persistent, bloody, and heroic struggle for political independence, the story of Tsar Samuel and his era presents another, more important and instructive tale. It is the story of a fratricidal feud that divided two brothers and turned into a blood tax that every subsequent generation would pay until the fire of hatred had burned everything to the ground. In fact, was Basil II the Bulgar-Slayer the true destroyer of the glorious Bulgarian kingdom, or was it Samuel and Aaron, Ivan Vladislav and Gavrail Radomir, Alusian and Peter Delian, and their never-ending vendetta… An invaluable historical lesson: the very force that created a state can just as easily destroy it...

Table of contents

Въведение

Свето подвижничество и царска кръв

Този, който царува на север от Дунава

Комитопулите

Сол и злато

Господарите на Дукля

Катепаните на Италия

Царици и принцеси

Скитането на патриарсите

Боляри

Царят евнух

Самодържец български

Един храст не може да храни два еритака

Инсигнии

Твърдини

Царски погребения

Заключение

Използвана литература

Списък на картите

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