LEADER 03261oam 22004572 450 001 9910511373203321 005 20210425145055.0 010 $a90-04-39429-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004394292 035 $a(CKB)4100000007816895 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5741301 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004394292 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007816895 100 $a20210425d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe blinded state $ehistoriographic debates about Samuel Cometopoulos and his state (10th-11th century) /$fby Mitko B. Panov 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (476 pages) 225 0 $aEast Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450,$x1872-8103 ;$vvolume 55 311 $a90-04-27878-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Samuel's State in the Contemporary Sources -- Samuel's State in The Byzantine Ideology: Basil II and the Construction of Identity -- Basil versus Samuel: Constructing Legends and Traditions in the Medieval Balkans -- Samuel's Multiple Faces: Sympathetic Ruler and God's Sinner -- Rediscovering the Dark Side of Samuel -- Absolving Samuel -- Resurrecting Samuel -- An Antidote for Balkan Nationalisms: Samuel and the Struggle for National Consciousness in Macedonia -- Under Samuel's Shadow: The Blinding Continues -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThis book is a revisionist account of Samuel's State and the legendary struggle between Samuel Cometopoulos and Basil II (10th-11th century). It goes beyond the standard approach to the study of state formation, presenting an entirely new analytical framework which interrogates how contemporaries in the Balkans at different times, ranging from the Byzantine and Balkan elites of the medieval centuries to later voices in the early modern and modern periods, have represented Samuel's polity in the service of their own political agendas and territorial aspirations towards Macedonia. The wide-ranging relationship between culture, identity and power are addressed, making use not just of Balkan literary and artistic traditions but on writings from across the Slavic world and western political and intellectual contexts. Demonstrating the conflicted legacy of the Samuel's State in the Balkans, Mitko B. Panov questions established scholarly opinion and offers new interpretations that reconsider its place in Byzantine and Balkan history and imagination. 410 0$aEast Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450$v55. 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistory$y527-1081 607 $aBalkan Peninsula$xHistory 607 $aMacedonia$xHistory$y168 B.C.-1389 A.D 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a949.9/013092 700 $aPanov$b Mitko$g(Mitko B.),$01066321 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511373203321 996 $aThe blinded state$92548984 997 $aUNINA