Rasho Rashev and the Archeology of Pagan Bulgaria
Rasho Rashev and the Archeology of Pagan Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: November 12, 2023 marked the 80th anniversary of the birth of Professor Rasho Rashev, Doctor of Historical Sciences. His overall contribution to Bulgarian Humanities is too great for us to describe in detail, therefore in this article we have tried to present his most significant achievements in the study of the medieval culture of pagan Bulgaria. Our comments cover a total of 116 scientific publications directly related to the topic (6 of which are monographs), written by Rasho Rashev during his nearly 40-year career as an internationally recognized medieval scholar. The purpose of the present work is to give a proper assessment of Rasho Rashev's work, the essence of which is the monograph of fundamental importance for Bulgarian medieval studies entitled "Bulgarian pagan VII - IX century culture." This 600-page volume, containing nearly 100 photographs and 145 graphic maps, drawings and paintings, printed once in 2008 and a second time in 2011, has not been reviewed, either positively or negatively. Therefore, without pretending to be comprehensive, our study tries to outline his main contributions.

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