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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795251203321

Autore

Daskalov Rumen

Titolo

Master narratives of the middle ages in Bulgaria / / by Roumen Daskalov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

90-04-46487-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; ; Volume 75

Disciplina

940.1072

Soggetti

Middle Ages - Historiography

Bulgaria History To 1393 Historiography

Bulgaria Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The History of Historiography, Historical Mastern Narratives, and This Book -- "Romantic" History-Writing and the Beginnings of a "Critical" Historiography of the Middle Ages in Bulgaria -- The Establishment of the Master National Narrative -- The Attempt at a Marxist Master Counter-Narrative after World War II -- Communist Nationalism and the Return to the Master National Narrative -- Epilogue: New Trends in the Historiography of the Middle Ages in Bulgaria.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers a history of historiography, as Roumen Daskalov presents a critical analysis of Bulgarian historiographical views of the Middle Ages to reveal their embeddedness in their historical context and their adaptation to the contemporary circumstances. The study traces the establishment of a master narrative of the Bulgarian Middle Ages and its evolution over time to the present day, including the attempt at a Marxist counter-narrative. Daskalov uses categories of master national narratives, which typically are stories of origins and migrations, state foundations and rises ("golden ages"), and decline and fall, yet they also assert the continuity of the "people", present certain historical personalities (good or evil, "great" or "weak"), and describe certain actions or passivity to others' actions.