The Bulgarian State in 927-969. The Epoch of Tsar Peter I: No. XXXIV

Mirosław J. Leszka; Kirił Marinow; Zofia A. Brzozowska; Nikolay Hrissimov; Georgi N. Nikolov; Jan M. Wolski; Angel Nikolov; Miliana Kaymakamova

doi:10.18778/8142-115-7

The Bulgarian State in 927-969. The Epoch of Tsar Peter I

No. XXXIV

Mirosław J. Leszka (ed)

University of Łódź, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Institute of History, Department of Byzantine History

Kirił Marinow (ed)

University of Łódź, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Institute of History, Department of Byzantine History

Series: Byzantina Lodziensia

ISBN Łódź University Press

ISBN-13 (15) 978-83-8142-115-7

ISBN Łódź University Press (e-book)

ISBN-13 (15) 978-83-8142-116-4

ISBN Jagiellonian University Press

ISBN-13 (15) 978-83-233-4545-9

ISBN Jagiellonian University Press (e-book)

ISBN-13 (15) 978-83-233-9933-9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7

Keywords: Bulgarian State, Tsar Peter I, Lekapene Maria, Symeon I the Great, Byzantine-Bulgarian Armed Conflicts, Bulgarian Church

Published: December 30, 2018

Categories: History, Open Access

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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, Kirił 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.

The research project financed by the National Science Centre. Decision number: DEC-2014/14/M/HS3/00758

Foreword

Mirosław J. Leszka, Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.01

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Sources and Modern Scholarship

Mirosław J. Leszka, Kirił Marinow, Zofia A. Brzozowska

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.02

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Peter’s Way to the Bulgarian Throne

Mirosław J. Leszka

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.03

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Bulgarian-Byzantine Relations during the Reign of Symeon I the Great (893–927)

Mirosław J. Leszka

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.04

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Peace

Mirosław J. Leszka, Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.05

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The Byzantine Consort of the Bulgarian Ruler: Maria Lekapene

Zofia A. Brzozowska

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.06

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The Internal Situation

Mirosław J. Leszka, Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.07

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Foreign Policy

Mirosław J. Leszka, Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.08

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Last Years of Peter’s Reign (963–969)

Mirosław J. Leszka, Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.09

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The Year 971

Mirosław J. Leszka, Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.10

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The Environment and Geopolitics of the State

Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.11

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The Economy

Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.12

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Everyday Life

Nikolay Hrissimov

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.13

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State Organisation and Power Hierarchy in the Bulgarian Empire (927–969)

Georgi N. Nikolov

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.14

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Armed Forces and the Defence System of Peter’s State

Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.15

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Wild, Haughty and Menacing Highlanders: Bulgarians and Mountains in the Context of Byzantine-Bulgarian Armed Conflicts

Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.16

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The Church

Mirosław J. Leszka, Jan M. Wolski

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.17

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The Culture

Zofia A. Brzozowska, Angel Nikolov

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.18

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The Portrayal of Peter in Mediaeval Sources

Mirosław J. Leszka

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.19

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War and Peace in the House of the Lord: A Conflict among Orthodox Christians and its Overcoming according to the Homily ‘On the Treaty with the Bulgarians’

Kirił Marinow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.20

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The Cult of the Bulgarian Tsar Peter (927–969) and the Driving Ideas of the Bulgarian Liberation Uprisings against the Byzantine Rule in the 11th–12th Century

Miliana Kaymakamova

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.21

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The Portrayal of Peter in Modern Historiography

Jan M. Wolski

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.22

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Mirosław J. Leszka, University of Łódź, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Institute of History, Department of Byzantine History

MIROSŁAW J. LESZKA is full professor in the Department of Byzantine History, Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Łódź. His scholarly interests include imperial power in the early and middle Byzantine periods, the role of women at the court in Constantinople, and especially the history of Bulgaria (seventh- to eleventh-century). He is the author or coauthor of eight books as well as over 160 articles and reviews.

Kirił Marinow, University of Łódź, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Institute of History, Department of Byzantine History

KIRIŁ MARINOW is an adjunct in the Department of Byzantine History in the Faculty of Philosophy and History at the University of Łódź. He specializes in historical geography and geopolitics of the medieval Balkans, Byzantine military history, and history of medieval Bulgaria, especially its relations with the Byzantine Empire. He has authored or coauthored over seventy multilingual publications on these subjects

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Leszka, Mirosław J., ed. 2018. The Bulgarian State in 927-969. The Epoch of Tsar Peter I: No. XXXIV. Byzantina Lodziensia. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-115-7.