Description
Book SynopsisModern Balkan history has traditionally been studied by national historians in terms of separate national histories taking place within bounded state territories. The authors in this volume take a different approach. They view the modern history of the region from a transnational and relational perspective in terms of shared and connected, as well as entangled histories. This regards the treatment of shared historical legacies by rival national historiographies. The volume deals with historiograpical disputes that arose in the process of “nationalizing” the past. Contributors include: Diana Mishkova, Alexander Vezenkov, Roumen Daskalov, Tchavdar Marinov and Bernard Lory.
Table of ContentsNotes on Transliteration Notes on Contributors Introduction Ancient Thrace in the Modern Imagination: Ideological Aspects of the Construction of Thracian Studies in Southeast Europe (Romania, Greece, Bulgaria) Tchavdar Marinov The Afterlife of a Commonwealth: Narratives of Byzantium in the National Historiographies of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania Diana Mishkova Feud over the Middle Ages: Bulgarian-Romanian Historiographical Debates Roumen Daskalov The Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans Bernard Lory The concept of National Revival in Balkan Historiographies Tchavdar Marinov and Alexander Vezenkov Index
