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The Bulgarian-Byzantine Wars for Early Medieval Balkan Hegemony

Silver-Lined Skulls and Blinded Armies

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Authors:
  1. Dennis P. Hupchick

    1. Wilkes-Barre, USA

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  • Provides a detailed account of the conflict between the Bulgarians and Byzantines in the early medieval era

  • Offers an English-language account of the struggle between Bulgaria and Byzantium for hegemonic control of the Balkans

  • Draws on extensive research by Bulgarian scholars to provide a Bulgarian perspective on these events

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. Introduction: The Belligerents

    • Dennis P. Hupchick
    Pages 1-45

  3. Prelude: Establishment and Survival of the Bulgar State, 679–803

    • Dennis P. Hupchick
    Pages 47-65

  4. Krum’s Campaigns of Expansion, 809–814

    • Dennis P. Hupchick
    Pages 67-122

  5. Interlude: From Bulgar State to Bulgaria, 816–893

    • Dennis P. Hupchick
    Pages 123-147

  6. Simeon’s Campaigns for Imperial Recognition, 894–927

    • Dennis P. Hupchick
    Pages 149-219

  7. Interlude: From Wary Peace Through Rus’ Intervention, 927–971

    • Dennis P. Hupchick
    Pages 221-246

  8. Samuil’s Campaigns to Preserve Bulgaria and Bulgarian Defeat, 976–1018

    • Dennis P. Hupchick
    Pages 247-319

  9. Epilog

    • Dennis P. Hupchick
    Pages 321-325

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 327-363
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About this book

This book provides an interpretive narrative of the wars fought by Bulgaria against the Byzantine Empire for dominant control of the Balkan Peninsula during the early medieval era.  Over a span of two centuries, from the early ninth through the early eleventh, and under the leadership of the Bulgarian rulers Krum, Simeon I, and Samuil, those conflicts evolved from simple confrontations for territorial possession into a life-or-death struggle for imperial precedence within the Orthodox world then emerging in Eastern Europe—a struggle that the Bulgarians ultimately lost.  The primary focus is on Bulgaria, rather than Byzantium, and an effort is made to provide a historically reliable chronology of the assorted campaigns.  The various belligerents’ military organizations, defensive technologies, armaments, and tactics are surveyed in an introduction to the main narrative.  A prelude chapter sets the stage for the hegemonic conflict, which was divided into three distinct phases by interludes of relative peace between the contending parties, during which Bulgaria’s domestic, foreign, and cultural developments shaped the nature and conduct of the fighting in each successive phase.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wilkes-Barre, USA

    Dennis P. Hupchick

About the author

Dennis P. Hupchick is Professor of History, Emeritus at Wilkes University, USA. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Bulgaria (1989) and President of the Bulgarian Studies Association.  He has previously written The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism (Palgrave, 2002) as well as a number of books and articles on Bulgaria, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Bulgarian-Byzantine Wars for Early Medieval Balkan Hegemony

  • Book Subtitle: Silver-Lined Skulls and Blinded Armies

  • Authors: Dennis P. Hupchick

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56206-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56205-6Published: 24 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85853-1Published: 02 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56206-3Published: 10 July 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXV, 363

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Medieval Europe, History of Military, Imperialism and Colonialism, Ancient History, History of Ancient Europe

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