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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785429403321

Autore

Stepanov T͡Svetelin

Titolo

The Bulgars and the steppe empire in the early Middle Ages : the problem of the others / / Tsvetelin Stepanov ; translated from Bulgarian by Tatiana Stefanova and Tsvetelin Stepanov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-95132-7

9786612951329

90-474-4452-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 154 pages, 29 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Collana

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, , 1872-8103 ; ; v. 8

Classificazione

15.75

15.70

Altri autori (Persone)

StefanovaTati͡ana

Disciplina

305.89/431

Soggetti

Steppes - Bulgaria - History - To 1500

Bulgars (Turkic people) - History - To 1500

Other (Philosophy) - Social aspects - Bulgaria - History - To 1500

Bulgars (Turkic people) - Social conditions

Bulgaria Civilization

Bulgaria History To 1393

Bulgaria Social conditions

Bulgaria Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in Bulgarian: Sofii͡a : Izdatelska kŭshta Gutenberg, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / T. Stepanov -- Introduction / T. Stepanov -- Chapter I. The ‘Outside’ Other / T. Stepanov -- Chapter II. The ‘Inside’ Other / T. Stepanov -- Conclusion / T. Stepanov -- Bibliography / T. Stepanov -- Index / T. Stepanov -- Illustrations Section / T. Stepanov.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about Steppe Eurasia and China, Persia, Byzantium, as well as the 'Inside' and 'Outside' Other. This dual approach helps the reader to better understand the attitudes of the Steppe to both the southern sedentary empires (in this book, the 'Outside' Other) and to the women and shamans/magicians within the nomadic confederations (in this



book, the 'Inside' Other), in the so-called 'Golden Age' of the Steppe Empire, e.g. between the sixth and ninth/tenth centuries.The result is a new and vivid picture of the Steppe's attitudes to 'otherness' and 'usness'. The book covers not only a long period of time, but also a vast territory, from Mongolia to the Black Sea and South-Eastern Europe. It studies many peoples and societies and their images of the 'Other', interpreted through different approaches and methodologies.