Bishop Michael of Devol as a Witness of the Memory of Komitopules
Bishop Michael of Devol as a Witness of the Memory of Komitopules
Author(s): Jarosław DudekSubject(s): Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Michael of Devol; John Skylitzes; Komitopules dynasty; Byzantium and Bulgaria X-XII centuries; Macedonia
Summary/Abstract: The appendices of Michael of Devol to the chronicle of John Skylitzes are a valuable testimony in the knowledge of the Balkan wars of emperor Basil II and the first century of Byzantine rule in Bulgaria. They also provide important information on the biographies of individual members of the Komitopules family or the process of assimilation of Bulgarian elites in the geographical area of Macedonia under Byzantine rule in the XI-XII centuries.
Journal: Vox Patrum
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 91
- Page Range: 151-176
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English
