The “National” Doctrine of the Medieval Bulgarians

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Pages: 70-73

Abstract:

In this paper Prof. Andreev, Doctor Habil. of History, studies the main principles of the “national doctrine” of the medieval Bulgarians. These briefly but clearly formulated principles from the time of the First and the Second Bulgarian Kingdom are mentioned in Bulgarian, Byzantine and Hungarian narratives of the epoch and in the titles of the Bulgarian rulers with the argumentation typical for the medieval period: the idea of “the divine predetermination” in counterpoint to the Byzantine doctrine of the “universum”; the standing up by force of arms for the right to have “land of one’s own”; the high national self-confidence and imperial character.

Keywords:

national doctrine, medieval Bulgarians, First Bulgarian Kingdom, chronicles, apocrypha

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