The Bulgarian-Byzantine Wars for Early Medieval Balkan Hegemony: Silver-Lined Skulls and Blinded Armies
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (680 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3319562053 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 363 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has previously written The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism (Palgrave, 2002) as well as a number of books and articles on Bulgaria, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. Dennis P. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Bulgaria (1989) and President of the Bulgarian Studies Association. . Hupchick is Professor of History, Emeritus at Wilkes University, USA
This book provides an interpretive narrative of the wars fought by Bulgaria against the Byzantine Empire for dominant control of the Balkan Peninsula during the early medieval era. The primary focus is on Bulgaria, rather than Byzantium, and an effort is made to provide a historically reliable chronology of the assorted campaigns. Over a span of two centuries, from the early ninth through the early eleventh, and under the leadership of the Bulgarian rulers Krum, Simeon I, and Samuil, those conflicts evolved from simple confrontations for territorial possession into a life-or-death struggle for imperial precedence within the Orthodox world then emerging
A prelude chapter sets the stage for the hegemonic conflict, which was divided into three distinct phases by interludes of relative peace between the contending parties, during which Bulgaria’s domestic, foreign, and cultural developments shaped the nature and conduct of the fighting in each successive phase. . The various belligerents’ military organizations, defensive technologies, armaments, and tactics are surveyed in an introduction to the main narrative. The primary focus is on Bulgaria, rather than Byzantium, and an effort is made to provide a historically reliable chronology of the assorted campaigns. Over a span of two centuries, from the early ninth through the early eleventh, and under the leadership of the Bulgarian rulers Krum, Simeon I, and Samuil, t