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The Asanids. The Political and Military History of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185-1280)

Resource Name The Asanids. The Political and Military History of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185-1280)
Author Alexandru Madgearu
ISBN 978-90-04-32501-2; 978-90-04-33319-2
Material type Text
Subject history, military, Asen dynasty, Middle Ages; Balkan region, Bulgaria (Europe)
Publisher Brill, Leiden – Boston

Year 2017
Format 24 cm; 359 p., 14 ill., 9 maps
Format printing
Language English
Annotation The revolt of the Romanians and Bulgarians against the Byzantine domination resulted in the formation of the second Bulgarian Empire. The volume presents the political and military events between 1185-1280, the period in which the Bulgarian state was ruled by the dynasty founded by the brothers Peter and Asan. It is aimed at researchers, students and the general public.

List of Maps and Figures – The Sources – The Historiography – A Short View on Byzantium in the Years before the Uprising of the Vlachs and Bulgarians – The Beginning of the Rebellion and the Rise of the Vlach-Bulgarian State (1185-1188) – Peter and Asan, 1189-1197 – Johannitsa (1197-1207) – Boril (1207-1218) – John Asan II (1218-1241) – The Decline of the Asanid State (1241-1280) – Fortifications – Conclusion - Abbreviations – Bibliography - Indices.

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