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Tsar Peter (927-969), the book's protagonist, is all too frequently presented in modern scholarship as a weak ruler, devoid of any grander political aspirations, focused on religious matters, indeed - pious, but neglecting the vital interests of his subjects. It was said that during his reign both his court and state became Byzantinised, that the central authority was completely helpless in the face of Hungarian raids, and saw the spread of the Bogomilist heresy. According to the Tsar's critics, it was as a result of his ineffectual rule that Boris II, his son and successor, was unable to defend Bulgaria's sovereignty in 971. This book - the first monograph in world literature devoted to Peter - was written by Bulgarian (Miliana Kaymakamova, Georgi N. Nikolov, Angel Nikolov, Nikolay Hrissimov) and Polish medievalists (Miroslaw J. Leszka, Kiri? Marinow, Zofia A. Brzozowska Jan M. Wolski). Thanks to a thorough analysis of the sources and an in-depth knowledge of the literature of the subject, they constructed a comprehensive and balanced image of the reign of their protagonist, and of the role he played in the history of mediaeval Bulgaria. We are dealing here with a monograph that is exceptional not only in Polish, but also international historiography. Its authors, known for their numerous dissertations, papers on the history of Byzantium and Bulgaria and other works, undertook the task of creating a synthesis, world's first comprehensive study devoted to the Bulgarian Tsar Peter and his times ] The authors convincingly present the political achievements of the monarch and his contributions to the development of the early mediaeval Bulgarian culture ] they accurately recreate the image of the contemporary Bulgarian society which, during Peter's times, benefited from the fruits of the second peace.

Balkan Peninsula --- History --- Balkan peninsula

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This atlas offers a survey of the history of Southeast Europe from 1815-1926, from the eve of the Second Serbian Uprising until the conclusion of the First World War for the Ottoman Empire. It covers modern-day Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania (Wallachia and Transylvania), Dalmatia, Greece and Cyprus.

1800-1999 --- Balkan Peninsula --- Balkan Peninsula. --- Balkan Peninsula --- Balkan Peninsula --- Politics and government --- History --- History

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Ever since the definition of the Neolithic Revolution by Vere Gordon Childe, archaeologists have been aware of the crucial importance of food for the understanding of prehistoric developments. Numerous studies have classified and described cooking ware, hearths and ovens, have studied food residues and more recently also stable isotopes in skeletal material. However, we have not yet succeeded in integrating traditional, functional perspectives on nutrition and semiotic approaches (e.g. dietary practices as an identity marker) with current research in the fields of Food Studies and Material Culture Studies. This volume brings together leading specialists in archaeobotany, economic zooarchaeology and palaeoanthropology to discuss practices of food production and consumption in their social dimensions from the Mesolithic to the Early Iron Age in the Balkans, a region with intermediary position between and the Aegean Sea on one side and Central Europe and the Eurasian steppe regions on the other side. The prehistoric inhabitants of the Balkans were repeatedly confronted with foreign knowledge and practices of food production and consumption which they integrated and thereby transformed into their life. In a series of transdisciplinary studies, the contributors shed new light on the various social dimensions of food in a synchronous as well as diachronic perspective. Contributors present a series of case studies focused on themes of social interaction, communal food preparation and consumption, the role of feasting, and the importance and management of salt production.

Prehistoric peoples --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Social archaeology --- Ethnoarchaeology --- Food --- Balkan Peninsula --- Antiquities --- Prehistoric peoples - Food - Balkan Peninsula --- Antiquities, Prehistoric - Balkan peninsula --- Social archaeology - Balkan peninsula --- Ethnoarchaeology - Balkan peninsula --- Balkan Peninsula - Antiquities

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Democratization --- Conflict management --- Balkan Peninsula --- European Union countries --- Balkan Peninsula --- Politics and government --- Relations --- Relations

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Eastern question (Balkan) --- Balkan Peninsula --- Soviet Union --- Balkan Peninsula --- Politics and government. --- Foreign relations --- Foreign relations