„На границата на исляма“. Югоизточна Европа и Дунава през XV–XVI век
On the Border of Islam. Southeast Europe and the Danube in the 15th–16th centuries

Summary/Abstract: Perceptions about the environment and the nature and its elements, connection of the people with the surrounding world, to a big extent bear a distinguishing cultural touch and vary in the different historical époques. The way people get closer to the nature is often affected by traditions, collective prejudices and cultural predispositions. The article mainly aims at figuring out Danube’s importance for the European – Ottoman relations run in 15th – 16th centuries, with specific attention on the perception about the river in the Ottoman and Byzantine – Slavic sources of the époque. In other words, a try for reconstruction of the idea for the Low Danube as a region, bearing own historical differentiations. Though it would be exaggerated to speak about common perception of the river in ottoman, Byzantine and Slavic sources, it appears a common political-geographical reality.

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