Index
Note: Countries and peoples occurring repeatedly in the text, e.g. Balkans, Bulgaria, Slavs, have not been included in this index.
Aachen 130
Aaron (Aharon), Bulgarian noble 39, 69
Abbevillian culture 21
Aboba, see Pliska Abrittus 24
Abruzzi, Bulgars in 35
Achaea 22
Adamite sect 89
Adrianople (Edirne) 18, 23, 48, 51, 52, 55, 76, 78, 79, 82, 90
Adriatic Sea 24, 25, 61, 69, 71, 73, 74, 82, 85
Aegean Sea 14, 16, 18, 24, 79, 86
Agelmund, Lombard king 33
Ahikar the Wise 115
Aladzha monastery 134
Alans 23, 28, 32, 34
Albania 56, 61, 79, 145
Albigensian heretics 100-1
Alboin, Lombard king 35
Alexander the Great 115
Alexander, Byzantine emperor 63
Alexander Nevsky cathedral, Sofia 142
Alexis, Man of God 115
Alexis the Sebastos 80
Alexius Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 74, 97, 122, 131
‘Alī Pasha 91
Altsek, Bulgar prince 35
Alusianus, prince 72-3
Amadeus of Savoy 90
Anahita, goddess 124
Anania Shirakatsi, Armenian geographer 31, 37, 42
Anasamus 35
Anastasius, Byzantine emperor 34
Anatolia 38-9, 42, 67, 69, 124
Anchialos, Anchialus, see Pomorie
Andrea Dandolo, doge of Venice 88
Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 74
Andronicus II Palaeologus, Byzam tine emperor 146
Andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor 86-7
Angelarius, disciple of St Methodius 60, 109-10
Angelov, Prof. B. St. 111
Angelov, Prof. D. 97-8
Anna, Bulgarian empress 86
Anna Comnena, princess 74, 97, 122
Antae tribe 24, 34
Antonova, Vera 122
apocryphal literature 114
Apollonia, see Sozopol
Arabs 42, 48, 56, 102-3, 121
Ararat 38
Arbanassi 136, 140
Archangels, church of the, at Nessebăr 134
Aristotle 62
Armenia, Armenians 30-1, 38-9, 49, 68-9, 73, 82, 93, 103, 125, 130, 132
Arnulf, German emperor 61
Aromani tribe 27
Arshak, Armenian king 31
Asia Minor 21, 70, 73, 86, 90, 100
Asoghik, Armenian historian 39
Asparukh, Bulgar khan, founder of Bulgarian state 15, 31, 37, 42-5, 51, 102, 120, 121
Assen I, Bulgarian tsar 74-5, 116, 135
Assenova Krepost (Assen’s Castle) 79-80, 133
Assenovgrad 74, 79-80, 131
Assyria 115
Athanasius the Great, St 23
Athanasius, Lavra of St 146
Athos, Mt 84-5, 118, 131, 133, 143, 146
Attila the Hun 3 3, 42, 49, 63
Augustus, Roman emperor 22
Aul of Omurtag 54, 123
Aurelian, Roman emperor 22
Avars 24-5, 35, 37, 53
Avitokhol 33
Axiopolis 22
Azov, sea of 3 5-7
Baba Vida castle, Vidin 14, 86, 136
Babuni sect 100
Babylon 115
Bachkovo monastery 17, 118-9, 131-3, 138-9, 113
Baghdad 96
Baian (Batbaian), Bulgar prince 36
Bakajik 48
Bakalova, Mrs Elka 138
Bakuriani, Abasi 131
200
Bakuriani, Gregory, Byzantine general 74, 131
Balchik 25, 27
Baldwin of Flanders 76, 135-6
Baldwin II, Latin emperor of Constantinople 77
Balik, ruler in Dobrudja 90
Banat district 124
Bansko, fortified houses at 136
Bardas Sclerus 68
Bari 73
Barlaam and Josaphat legend 96, 115
Basean 31
Basil the Great, St 113, 116
Basil I, Byzantine emperor 38, 52, 60, 108
Basil II, Byzantine emperor 39, 69-72, 76
Basil, Bulgarian archbishop 76
Bastarnae tribe 25
Bavaria 35, 108
Bayazid, Turkish sultan 91-2
Bdin, see Vidin
Belassitsa Mts, battle in the 70
Belgrade 18, 25, 48, 60, 64, 72-3, 110
Belisarius, Byzantine general 24, 35
Benevento, duchy of 35
Berende, frescoes at 139
Berrhoea, see Stara Zagora
Bessarabia 40, 63
Bestiary 116
Bishapur 36
Bitolya inscription 70
Black Bulgarians 3 8
Black Sea 15, 18-9, 25, 28, 31, 35, 45, 48, 58, 82, 86, 90-1, 102, 125
Boboshevo, frescoes at 139
Bogdan, Mt 16
Bogomil heretics 39, 66, 70, 73-4, 77, 83, 89, 93-101, 112, 115, 141
Bohemia 67
Bologna Psalter 117
Boniface of Montferrat 76
Boril, Bulgarian tsar 77, 99, 115
Boris-Michael, knyaz, Bulgarian ruler 44, 55-62, 64, 93, 102-3, 125, 128
Boris II, Bulgarian tsar 67-9
Borodin, Russian composer 39
Bosnia 91, 98, 100-1
Bosporus 18, 45, 52
Bossilkov, Svetlin 142
Botev, Mt 15
Boyadjiev, S. 130
Boyan, Avar khaqan 35
Boyana, frescoes at 139
Brentjes, Prof B. 122
British Museum, British Library 144
Bronze Age culture 21
Buddha, Gautama; Buddhism 96, 115, 122-3
Bulgaria, Bogomil lodge 99
Bulgarovo, icon from 142
Bulghar 38
Burgas 15, 45, 48, 52, 54, 66, 82, 90
burial customs 44
Buzan, Bulgar commander 34
Byzantium, Byzantines 18-9, 21, 30, 3 3, 35-42, 45. 48-53, 56-8, 62, 65, 68-71, 73, 76, 80, 82-9, 92, 96, 100-5, 108, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120-1, 131, 144-6
calendar, proto-Bulgar 32-3
Calocyras, Byzantine envoy 67
Cappadocia 39, 134
Caracalla, Baths of 22
Carpathian Mts 28, 37, 51, 63, 124
Carpi tribe 25
Cassiodorus, historian 34
Castoria 28
Cathar sect 98, 101
Caucasus Mts 31, 35-6, 125
Cebrus, r. 22
Cedrenus, Byzantine historian 28
Central Asia 36, 39, 96, 122-3, 144
Cesarini, cardinal 92
Chalcedon 18, 24
Charlemagne 51, 54, 130
Charles of Anjou 85
Chatalar inscription 123
Chernomen, battle of 90
Cherson 45, 68, 102, 109
Chirpan 20
Chuvash tribe 38
Claudius, Roman emperor 23
Clement, St and martyr 102, 108-9
Clement of Ohrida, St 60-1, 64, 71, 105, 109-11
Codex Cumanicus 40
coinage, money 81-2, 86
Concorezzo, heretics at 101
Constantine the Great 23, 27
Constantine IV Pogonatus, Byzantine emperor 42, 45
Constantine V Copronymus, Byzantine emperor 38, 48-51
Constantine VI, Byzantine emperor 50
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine emperor 64
Constantine Assen Tikh, Bulgarian tsar 82-4, 139
Constantine Bodin 73
Constantine of Kostenets 119
Constantine, bishop of Preslav 109, 111-2
Constantine Manasses, Byzantine historian 117, 143, 145
Constantinople (Istanbul) 18, 22-3, 25, 34-6, 39, 42, 45. 48-52, 57-63, 66-8, 71-7, 79-82, 86, 87, 90-3, 97, 101-3, 118, 121-2, 129, 131, 138, 140, 145
201
Constanza 22
Coptic 103
Corinth 24
Cosmas the Priest 94, 97, 100, 115, 141-2
Crete 25
Crimea 35-6, 108
Croats 56
Crusaders 74-6, 92, 145
Cumans (Polovtsians) 28, 39, 40, 75, 77, 85
Curzon, Robert 143
Cyril of Alexandria, St 112
Cyril and Methodius, SS. 20, 22-3, 57, 60, 102-12, 118-9
Cyrillic alphabet 57, 104-8, 111, 113-4, 143
Czechoslovakia 103
Dacia 22
Dagobert I, king of the Franks 35
Dalmatia 25, 35, 71
Danube, r. 14-6, 18, 22-4, 28, 31, 34-8, 40-2, 45, 52, 54, 63, 67-71, 75, 82, 84, 91-2, 110, 119, 135-6
Dardanelles 92
Dargomer, Bulgarian envoy 52
Daskalov house 137
David the Prophet 96
David, Bulgarian noble 39, 69
Dazhbog, Slav deity 29
Dechani 118
Demetrius, St 25, 111, 128
Demosthenes 62
Denmark 25
Derjan 39
Dessislava, princess 139
Develtus 51-2, 54, 66, 82
Devnya (Marcianopolis) 24, 27, 44
Devol 61
Didactic Gospel in Dioclea 69
Dionysopolis, see Balchik Dionysus 27
Dnieper, r. 24, 37, 39, 63, 68
Dniester, r. 51
Dobreisho, Gospels of 143
Dobroditsa, ruler of Dobrudja 90-1
Dobrudja 15, 23, 34, 40, 90-2
Domitian, Roman emperor 22
Don, r. 37
Dorystolum, see Silistra
Dragalevtsi, frescoes at 140
Dragometria, Bogomil lodge 99
Dragovitsa, Bogomil lodge 101
Dristra, see Silistra
Dubrovnik (Ragusa) 82
Duchi-Bulgars 31
Duichev, Prof. Ivan 143
Dulo, house of 42
Durazzo, see Dyrrachium
Dvornik, Mgr Francis 109
Dyrrachium (Durazzo) 69-70, 74, 79, 82, 145
Edirne, see Adrianople
Egypt 40, 87
Elbe, r. 25
Elena, Bulgarian princess 77
Eleusa Virgin 142
England 31, 42
Enina, manuscript from 114
Ennodius, bishop of Pavia 34
Enravotas, prince and martyr 55
Epirus 69, 77-8
Erzerum 38-9
Esin, Dr Emel 124
Eumathius, Greek engineer 51
Eumolpia, see Plovdiv
Euthymius, Bulgarian patriarch 89, 91, 117-9
Euthymius, St, of Mt Athos 138
Euthymius Zigabenus, Byzantine theologian 94, 96
Evliya Chelebi 136
Fair Oaks 28
Fatimid dynasty 70
Ficheto, Kolyo 133
Filov, Bogdan 142, 144
Follieri, Enrica 55
Forty Martyrs, church of the 55 78, 84
France 92, 100-1, 142
Franciscans 89
Franks 35, 37, 51, 54, 56, 58, 79, 103, 105, 108-9
Frederick Barbarossa 76
Freemasons 99
Fritigern, Gothic leader 23
Gabriel Radomir, Bulgarian tsar 70, 72
Gagauz 40
Gelati monastery, Georgia 132
Genoa, Genoese 18, 86, 91
George the Hagiorite, St 138
George Hamartolus, Byzantine chronicler 116
George Syncellus, Byzantine chronicler 116
George I Terter, Bulgarian tsar 84-5
George II Terter, Bulgarian tsar 86
Georgia, Georgians 30, 96, 103, 115, 130-4, 138, 143
Georgiev, Prof. E. 102
Gepids, tribe 24, 34, 124
Germany, Germans 53, 57, 101, 103, 109
Getae, tribe 24
Gimbutas, Prof. Marija 125
Glagolitic alphabet 57, 104-8, 111, 113, 143
Golden Gate 52
Golden Horde 83-4
Golden Horn 52
Gorazd, disciple of St Methodius 60, 109
202
Goths 17, 23-5, 34
Grabar, Prof. André 128, 134
Great Fence of Thrace 48
Greece, Greeks 20-1, 24-5, 30, 34-5, 43, 48, 53, 57, 63-4, 67, 69-70, 73-80, 87, 92-3, 96, 99, 102, 108-12, 114, 116, 119-22, 143-5
Gregory of Nazianzus, St 116
Gregory of Sinai, St 117
Grimoald, duke 35
Grod, Hunnic prince 35
Guiscard, Robert 73
Gyuzelev, V. 64
Hadrian II, Pope 60, 108
Haemus (Balkan) range 15
Haghpat monastery, Armenia 131
Hambarli inscription 53
Harun al-Rashid, caliph 96
Haskovo 78
Hebrew 103, 108, 119
Hebros, r., see Maritsa
Helena, St 27, 118
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor 76
Heracles 23
Heraclius, Byzantine emperor 24, 36
Hermes 23
Heruli tribe 25
Hesychast sect 89, 117-8
Hexameron 113
Hittites 31
Hoddinott, R. F. 130
Homer 16
Horace 17
Hripsime, church of St 130
Hripsime, mother of Tsar Samuel 39, 69
Huguenots 66
Hungary, Hungarians (Magyars) 14, 28, 39-40, 51, 63, 66-7, 69, 73-4, 77, 82-3, 89, 92, 100, 116-7
Huns 23-4, 31, 33, 35-6, 49
Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinople 60
Ilia, St, christianized Perun 27
Illyria, Illyrians 25, 27, 34
India, Indians 115, 117
Inner Bulgaria 37-8
Innocent III, Pope 75, 136
Inquisition, Roman Catholic 101
Ioannitsa, see Kaloyan
Ioasaf, bishop of Vidin 119
Iranians, see Persia
Irene, Byzantine empress 50
Irenupolis see Stara Zagora
Irina, Bulgarian empress 139
Isaac II Angelus, Byzantine emperor 74-5
Isaiah, Prophet 95
Isker, r. 17
Islam 30, 56, 89, 101, 103
Istanbul, see Constantinople
Italy, Italians 24, 34, 35, 37, 73, 101
Ivailo, peasant tsar of Bulgaria 82-5
Ivan Alexander, Bulgarian tsar 86-90, 99, 117, 133, 139, 143-4
Ivan Assen II, Bulgarian tsar 77-82, 84-5, 117, 143
Ivan Assen III, Bulgarian tsar 82, 84
Ivan Shishman, last medieval tsar of Bulgaria 89-91, 133
Ivan Stratsimir, ruler of Vidin 89, 91-2
Ivan (John) Vladislav, Bulgarian tsar 70, 73
Ivanko, ruler of Dobrudja 91-2
Ivanko, Bulgarian rebel 75
Ivanov, Prof Y. 101
Ivanovo church, rock-cut, frescoes at 135, 139
Iviron monastery, Mt Athos 133, 138
Janici 100
Jews, Judaism 37, 102-3, 140
Joachim I, Bulgarian patriarch 79
Joachim II, Bulgarian patriarch 85
John the Baptist, St 96, 98
John Chrysostom, St hi, 113, 116, 138
John of Damascus, St 113, 141
John of Rila, St 17, 115, 118, 132
John VIII, Pope 108
John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor 38, 67-9, 142-3
John III Vatatzes, Byzantine emperor 82
John V Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor 90
John, archbishop of Ohrida 72
John de Casemaris, legate 75-6
John Cassian 23
John Curcuas, Grand Domestic 68
John the Exarch, Bulgarian writer 112-3, 141
Jordanes, Byzantine author 34
Joseph of Studios 55
Judas Iscariot 140
Julian the Apostate 61
Justin I, Byzantine emperor 24
Justinian I, Byzantine emperor 24, 34, 38, 122
Justinian II, Byzantine emperor 45, 49
Jvari church, Georgia 130 Kaliakra 24
Kaloyan, Bulgarian tsar 39, 75~7, 79, 136
Kaloyan, Sebastocrator 139
Kama, r. 38
203
Kamchiya (Kamcija), r. 19
Kamennye Baby stone figures 30, 123
Kardam, Bulgar khan 50
Karnobat 90
Kazan Tatars 38
Kazanluk 16, 20-1, 114, 138
Kells, Book of 143
Kera-Tamara, Bulgarian princess 90
Ket, Robert 83
Khazars 35, 37-9, 45, 102-3
Khors, Slav deity 29
Khozan (Tshmishkatzak) 67-8
Khrabăr the Monk, Bulgarian author 112
Khrelyo, Khrelyo’s tower 132-3, 137
Kidarites (Kidar-Bulgars) 31
Kiev 39-40, 43, 67-8, 101, 112, 118-9
Kilifarevo monastery 88, 117
Klokotnitsa, battle of 78
Kodov, Prof. Khr. 111
Kogh (Caucasus region) 31
Koloman I, Bulgarian tsar 82
Koprivshtitsa 20, 137
Kormisosh, Bulgar khan 49
Kossovo Field, battle of 91
Kotrag, Bulgar prince 36-7
Krum, Bulgar khan 14, 38, 50-4, 61-2, 122, 143
Kuban (north Caucasus) 35
Kubrat, Bulgar khan 36-7
Kudugeri sect 100
Kuev, Prof. K.M. 111
kukeri mummers 27
Kukuzel, Gregory 146
Kukuzel, Jehoshaphat 146
Kukuzel, John, Byzantine composer 145-6
Kumurdo church, Georgia 130
Kunok, see Cumans
Kuphi-Bulgars 31
Kutrigurs 34-5, 37
Kuzov, Alexander 91, 136
Kyustendil (Velbuzhd) 82, 85-7, 139
Lala Shahin, Turkish general 90
Lamissio, Lombard king 33
Laon 142
Latin, Latins 35, 39, 76-7, 92, 102, 108
Laurentius, disciple of St Methodius 60, 109
Lazar, prince of Serbia 91
Lazarus, raised from the dead 144
Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor 48
Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor 38, 50
Leo V the Armenian, Byzantine emperor 52, 143
Leo VI, Byzantine emperor 63
Leo, archbishop of Ohrida 72
Leo the Deacon 142
Leontius, Bulgarian patriarch 63
Lesnovo monastery 144
Levant 69
Levski 93
Libertem, Bulgar chief 34
Lithuania 118-9
Liturgical Gospel 103
Lom 14
Lom, r. 27
Lombards 33, 35, 37
Louis, Western emperor 53
Louis the German, king of the East Franks 54, 58
Lovech 75, 82
Lucian, Greek satirist 23
Macartney, Prof. C. A. 41
Macedonia 18, 22, 27, 51, 55, 60-1, 69, 73, 76, 90, 103-4, 110, 113, 119, 114
Macrolivada 54
Madara, Madara Horseman 22, 36, 48-9, 122-4
Magnaura Palace, University at 62, 145
Magyars, see Hungary
Manastras, Voivoda 76
Manichaeans 93, 96
Manuel, archbishop of Adrianople 54
Marash 3 8
Marcianopolis, see Devnya
Marcionite heresy 93
Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor 23
Maria, Bulgarian empress 84
Maria-Trene, Bulgarian empress 66, 93
Maritsa, r. (Hebros) 14, 16, 17, 48, 90
Marmara, Sea of 21
Marseilles 23
Massalian heresy 93, 96
Maurice, Byzantine emperor 38
Mediterranean Sea 48
Megara 18
Meliniqua, Bogomil lodge 99
Melitene 38
Melnik 133
Mesembria, see Nessebăr
Mesta, r. 17, 27
Methodius, St 20, 22-3, 57, 60, 102-12, 118-9
Methodius, painter 58
Michael I Rhangabe, Byzantine emperor 52
Michael III, Byzantine emperor 57-8, 60, 103
Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor 72
Michael VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor 82, 85, 145
Michael II Assen, Bulgarian tsar 82
Michael Shishman, Bulgarian tsar 85-6
204
Michael, Bulgarian prince 66
Michael, prince of Zeta 73
Michael, bishop of Sofia 99
Mico, Bulgarian tsar 82
Miklosich, F. 82
Miletus, Milesians 18, 21
Milutin, Serbian ruler 84
mines, mining 17, 51
Minorsky, Prof. Vladimir 29
Mircea the Old, Wallachian voivode 92
Mistra 134
Mitylene 35
Moesia 22-3, 25, 34, 43
Moglena 69
Moldavia 73, 118
Mommsen, Theodore 31
Mongols 32, 40, 82-5, 124
Moravia 57, 60, 103, 105, 108
Moscow 82, 118, 143
Moses, Bulgarian noble 39, 69
Moses of Khorene, Armenian chronicler 31
Mostich, Bulgarian official 33, 64
Moussala, Mt 17
Mtskheta, in Georgia 130
Mugel, Hunnic prince 36
Murad I, Turkish sultan 90-1
music, musical instruments 144-6
Nagy Sankt Miklos treasure 124-5
Nahum, disciple of St Methodius 60-1, 109-11
Naissus, see Nish
Naqsh-i-Rustam, Iran 36, 123
Narses, Byzantine general 24
Nazarius, Cathar bishop 101
Nemanya dynasty in Serbia 84-6
Nessebăr (Mesembria) 18, 21-2, 52, 82, 86-7, 90, 117, 128, 133, 142
Nestor Chronicle 40
Nicaea 75-6, 79, 82
Nicene Creed 60
Nicephorus I, Byzantine emperor 50-2, 54, 121-2, 143
Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine emperor 66
Nicephorus, Byzantine historian 3 5 7
Nicholas I, Pope 57-60
Nicholas, patriarch of Constantinople 63
Nicholas, Bulgarian noble 69
Nicoliţel 15
Nicopolis on the Danube 91-2
Nicopolis ad Istrum (Nikiup) 18, 22
Nikita, Bogomil leader 101
Nikiup see Nicopolis ad Istrum
Nikon Chronicle 38
Nikopsis 31
Nikordsminda church, Georgia 130
Nish (Naissus) 18, 25
Nogai, Mongol khan 84-5
Nomocanon 109
Normans 31, 42, 73-4
Novae 18
Obolensky, Prof. D. 100, 119
Odegitria Virgin 142
Oder, r. 24
Odessos, see Varna
Oghkhundur-Bulgars 31
Ohrida 61, 69-72, 85, 110-1, 113, 137-8, 142
Old Great Bulgaria 35-8
Old Slavonic language and literature 96, 102-19
Olives, Mount of 140
Omurtag, Bulgar khan 53-5, 78, 122-3
Ondráček, Raimund 138-9
Onogurs 33
Orfano, Gulf of 14
Organa, Bulgar khan 36
Orpheus and Eurydice 17, 144
Ostrogoths 34
Ostron Bogoyin, Bulgar governor 122
Ottomans, see Turks
Ovech, see Provadia
Ovid 17
Pachymeres, Byzantine chronicler 84
Pacurianos, see Bakuriani
Palaeolithic man 21
Palestine 119
Pannonia 25, 37, 50, 53-4, 63, 108
Pantocrator church, Nessebăr 134
Papacy, Roman, popes 57-60, 75-6, 79, 92, 100-1, 103
Parasceva, St, basilica of 133
Paristrion (Paradunavon) 71
Paroria 117
Parthia 122-3
Patarene sect 100-1
Patleina (St Panteleimon) monastery, Preslav 61, 141
Paul, St 108, 114
Paulician heresy 38-9, 74, 93, 99-100
Paulus Diaconus, historian 33, 35
Pavlikeni 39, 93
Pazarjik 20
Pechenegs 28, 39-41, 63, 68, 73, 100
Persepolis 123
Persia, Persians 29, 32, 121-4, 129
Perun, Slav deity 27, 29, 54
Peter, Bulgarian tsar 64-6, 68-9
Peter, Bulgarian noble 74-5
Peter Delyan, Bulgarian rebel 72-3
Peter the Hermit 74
205
Petrich Virgin, church of the 80, 133
Petros, Byzantine general 35
Pevka (Pyuki) 37, 42
Phanagoria (Taman) 35
Philip, king of Macedon 16
Philippopolis, see Plovdiv
Philothea, St 119
Photius, patriarch of Constantinople 57, 60, 102
Pirin Mts 17
Pliska 45, 48, 51-4, 60, 69, 110, 120-3, 125, 135
Plochnik, battle of 91
Plovdiv (Philippopolis) 16-8, 20, 23, 27, 39, 48, 51, 67, 73, 76, 79, 90, 142
Poganovo monastery 140, 142
Poland 104
Polovtsians, see Cumans
Pomaks 17
Pomorie (Anchialus) 18, 22-3, 45, 49-50, 82, 86, 90
Pontius Pilate 108
Popina, Slav settlement 125
Preobrazhenski monastery 133
Preslav, Great 54, 61-3, 67-9, 93, in, 113, 122, 128-31, 135, 141
Preslav, Little 67
Prespa 28, 69
Pressian, Bulgar khan 55
Prince Igor 39
Prizren 73
Procopius, historian 29
Proto-Bulgars 31-8, 42-58, 120-5
Provadia (Provaton, Ovech) 27, 91, 136
Pseudo-Callisthenes 115
Pseudo-Maurice 28
Pugachev, Emelyan 83
Pulpudeva, see Plovdiv
Pyuki, see Pevka
Radomir Psalter 143
Ragusa (Dubrovnik) 82
Rascia (Rashka) 69, 84
Rashka, see Rascia
Rastislav, prince of Moravia 57, 103, 108
Rastko, see Sava, St
Ratisbon 58
Ravenna 37
Razin, Stenka 83
Razlog 137
Rhodope Mts 14, 16-7, 27, 79, 82, 131
Rila monastery, Rila Mts 14, 17, 132-3, 137
Romana, Bogomil lodge 99
Romania, Romanians 14, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27-8, 34, 117, 119, 124
Romanus I Lecapenus, Byzantine emperor 63-4, 66
Romanus IV Diogenes, Byzantine emperor 71, 73
Romanus, Bulgarian prince 67-8
Rome, Romans 22-5, 35, 43, 45, 57-8, 75-6, 89, 105, 108, 120, 122, 125
Ropotamo, r. 19
Roses, Valley of the 14, 19
Rozhen monastery 133, 137
Rumelia 16-7, 90
Runciman, Sir Steven 36, 105
Rurik 43
Rusalkas 29
Ruse (Ruschuk) 14
Rusenski Lom, r. 135, 139
Russia, Russians 30-1, 37-8, 40, 67-8, 73, 77, 83, 101-4, hi, 113, 118-9, 124
Russian Primary Chronicle 57
Sabbas, disciple of St Methodius 60
Sacchoni, Rainier 101
St John-Aliturgitos, church at Nessebăr 134
St Mamas, palace of 52
St Nicholas, church at Ohrida 137
St Panteleimon (Patleina), monastery of 61, 141
St Sophia, cathedral in Constantinople 57, 102, 125
St Sophia, church at Ohrida 138
St Sophia, church in Sofia 24
SS. Peter and Paul, church of, at Tărnovo, frescoes 139
Salona 25
Salonica (Thessalonica) 18, 25, 57-8, 62, 74, 85, 102-3, 128, 134, 138
Samokov 17, 90, 137
Samuel, Bulgarian tsar 28, 39, 69-74, 113
Sanahin monastery, Armenia 132
Sara-Theodora, Bulgarian empress 89
Saracens 42, 48-9
Sarmatians 22-3, 25, 32
Sasanian dynasty 36, 121, 124
Sava, r. 51
Sava (Rastko), Serbian St 84, 100
Sclaviniae 25, 44, 53
Scythians 22
Seljuq Turks 40, 73, 124 (see also Turks)
Serbia, Serbs 18, 20, 27, 40, 56, 64, 69, 77, 79, 84-7, 90-1, 100, 105, 117-9, 142, 144
Serdica, see Sofia
Sevar, Bulgar khan 49
Seven Slav Tribes 28, 43
Severi tribe 43
Shipka Pass 19, 82
Shirakatsi, see Anania
Shishman dynasty 40, 85-91, 133, 143-4
206
Shumen 20, 30, 43, 54, 120, 122-3, 128
Sicilian Vespers 85
Sigismund, king of Hungary 92
Silistra (Dristra) 14, 68, 71
Singidunum, see Belgrade
Sirmium 34
Siunia, Armenia 132
Skoplje 71
Smilets, Bulgarian tsar 85
Smolyan 79
Sofia (Serdica, Sredets) 16, 18, 22-5, 41, 50-1, 69-71, 82, 90-1, 99, 110-1, 132, 139-40, 142
Sogdiana 36
Sops, see Pechenegs
Soviet Union 38, 105
Sozopol (Apollonia) 18, 23, 82, 86
squirrel fur, trade in 34
Sredets, see Sofia
Sredna Cora hills 16
Stara Planina (Balkan range) 14-6
Stara Zagora (Berrhoea, Augusta Traiana) 19, 50, 129
Staro Nagorichino, fresco at 144
Stauracius, Byzantine prince 51-2
Stefan Lazarevich, Serbian prince 119
Stephen V, king of Hungary 83
Stephen Nemanya, Serbian Grand Zhupan 84, 100
Stephen Urosh I, Serbian king 84
Stephen Urosh III, Serbian king, called Dechanski 84-6, 118
Stephen Urosh IV Dushan, Serbian emperor 85, 100
Strandzha, Strandzha Mts 27, 117
Stribog, Slav deity 29
Struma, r. 14, 25
Stylianus Zautses, Byzantine official 62
Suidas, Greek encyclopaedia 53
Svarog, Slav deity 29
Svatopluk I, Moravian prince 60, 108-9
Svishtov 14
Svyatoslav, prince of Kiev 67-8, 143
Symeon, Bulgarian tsar 61-5, 69, 74, 85, 93, 110-3, 116, 128-9, 141
Symeon the Monk 143
Syria, Syrians 21, 38, 49, 70, 121
Tangra (Tengri), Bulgar deity 33, 122
Tărnovo, Great 16, 18, 20, 22-3, 39, 55, 65, 74-9, 82-9, 91, 93, 117-9, 133, 135-40, 145
Tatars 20
Telerig, Bulgar khan 50
Telets, Bulgar khan 49
Terter dynasty 40, 85-6
Tervel, Bulgar khan 45-9, 52, 54, 62, 122
Theiss, r., see Tisza
Theodora, Bulgarian empress 85-6
Theodore Svetoslav, Bulgarian tsar 85-6
Theodore Angelus 78
Theodore Cupharas 58
Theodore Stratelates, St, icon of 141
Theodoric, Ostrogoth king 34
Theodoric, son of Triarius 34
Theodosius III, Byzantine emperor 48, 52
Theodosius of Tărnovo, St 88, 117
Theophanes, Byzantine chronicler 27, 35-7, 48
Theophano, Byzantine empress 67
Theophilus, Byzantine emperor 105
Theophylact, archbishop of Ohrida 71-2
Theophylact, patriarch of Cotv stantinople 93
Thessalonica, see Salonica
Thessaly 27, 69-70
Thrace, Thracians 15-28, 34, 37-8, 41-2, 45, 48-9, 51, 53, 58, 63, 73, 75-8, 87, 120, 122, 138
Tiberius II, Byzantine emperor 45
Timok, r. 15, 27
Tisza (Theiss), r. 14, 51
Tomboul mosque, Shumen 20
Tomich Psalter 143
Toulouse 101
trade treaties 48, 62-3, 88
Tragurium, Bogomil lodge 101
Trajan, Roman emperor 14
Transcaucasia 38
Transmarisca 54
Transmariscus 24
Transylvania 14, 51
Trapezitsa hill, Tărnovo 133
Trebizond 82, 91
Trifon Zarezan, St 27
Trimontium, see Plovdiv
Troy 116
Troyan Monastery 15, 133
Tryavna 137
Tsamblak, Cyprian 118
Tsamblak, Gregory 118-9
Tsarevets acropolis, Tărnovo 76, 78, 82, 84-5, 135
Tshmishkatzak (Khozan) 67-8
Turkey, Turks 17, 20, 31, 33-5, 40, 73, 79, 86-92, 100-1, 108, 118, 120, 124, 132, 135-7, 140
Türküt khaqanate 36
Tvurdko, Ban of Bosnia 91
Tzimiskes, John, Byzantine emperor 38, 67-9, 142-3
Ugain, Bulgar dynasty 49
Ukil (Vokil), Bulgar dynasty 49
207
Ulfilas, bishop 23
Ulpia Serdica, see Sofia
'Umayyad dynasty 121
Utigurs 33
Uzes, tribe 73
Valarshak, Armenian king 31
Valens, Roman emperor 23, 51
Vanand, in Armenia 31
Varangians (Norsemen, Vikings) 31, 43, 67-8
Varlaamite sect 89
Varna (Odessos) 18, 22, 25, 42, 44-5, 53, 69, 82, 87, 91, 92, 120-1, 134, 136
Vasmer, Prof. M. 25
Vatican Library 55, 117, 143
Velbuzhd, see Kyustendil
Veles (Volos), Slav deity 29
Venice, Venetians 18, 40, 60, 81-2, 86-8, 92, 105, 109
Versinicia 52
Veyrenc, Prof C. 135
Via Traiana 22
Vidin (Bdin) 14, 70, 72, 77, 82, 85-6, 89, 91-2, 136
Vienna 124
Vihren, Mt 17
Vinekh, Bulgar khan 49
Vinitsa church 130
Virgil 17
Vit, r. 27
Vitalian, Byzantine general and insurgent 34
Vitosha, Mt 14, 16
Vkhundur Vund, Bulgar leader 31
Vlachs (Wallachians) 14, 25, 27-8, 74-5, 92
Vladimir, Bulgarian prince 61
Vladimir, St, Russian prince 57, 101
Vladislav III. king of Hungary and Poland 92
Vodena 69
Voiteh, Georgi, Bulgarian boyar and insurgent 73
Vokil, house of, see Ukil
Volga, r. 38-9, 57
Wallachia, see Vlachs
Wends, tribe 24
Yakov Svetoslav, ruler of Vidin 82-3
Yambol 90
yamurluk cloak 27
Yantra (Yatrus), r. 16, 18, 25, 27-8, 75, 135
Yaroslav, prince of Kiev 39
Yatrus, r., see Yantra
Yazdgard III, Sasanian Great King 36
Yugoslavia 55, 69 (see also Macedonia)
yurts, nomads’ tent dwellings 44, 121
Zacharias Scholasticus, church historian 35
Zagoria region 45, 49
Zara 69
Zemen monastery, frescoes at 139
Zeno, Byzantine emperor 34
Zeta 73
Zlatarski, Prof. V.N. 80
Zograf, Zakhari, fresco painter 133, 139