Cover illustration: “Khan Krum (of Bulgaria) celebrating the victory over (Byzantine emperor) Nicephorus”. Source: Constantine Manasses. Synopsis Chroniki, Codex Vaticano Slavo 2 (1344–1345), Facsimile edition. Militos, 2007, fol. 145 v. With the kind permission of the Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
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Names: Daskalov, Rumen, author.
Title: Master narratives of the Middle Ages in Bulgaria / by Roumen Daskalov.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021027109 (print) | LCCN 2021027110 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004464780 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004464872 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Bulgaria—History—To 1393—Historiography. | Middle Ages—Historiography. | Bulgaria—Historiography.
Classification: LCC DR66.7 D37 2021 (print) | LCC DR66.7 (ebook) | DDC 949.9/013072—dc23
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