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Book SynopsisIn The Asanids. The Political and Military History of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185-1280), Alexandru Madgearu offers the first comprehensive history in English of a state which played a major role in the evolution of the Balkan region during Middle Ages. This state emerged from the rebellion of two peoples, Romanians and Bulgarians, against Byzantine domination, within a few decades growing to a regional power that entered into conflict with Byzantium and with the Latin Empire of Constantinople. The founders were members of a Romanian (Vlach) family, whose intention was to revive the former Bulgarian state, the only legitimate political framework that could replace the Byzantine rule.
Table of ContentsContents List of Maps and Figures vii 1 The Sources 1 2 The Historiography 11 3 A Short View on Byzantium in the Years before the Uprising of the Vlachs and Bulgarians 29 4 The Beginning of the Rebellion and the Rise of the Vlach-Bulgarian State (1185–1188) 35 5 Peter and Asan, 1189–1197 84 6 Johannitsa (1197–1207) 114 7 Boril (1207–1218) 175 8 John Asan II (1218–1241) 195 9 The Decline of the Asanid State (1241–1280) 228 10 Fortifications 267 Conclusion 283 Abbreviations 289 Bibliography 293 Indices Sources 340 Geographic and Ethnic Names 342 Persons 352 Modern Authors (Except Footnotes) 358
