Житието на 15-те тивериуполски мъченици като извор за историята на езическа България
The martyrdom of the fifteen martyrs of Tiberioupolis and pagan Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: The Martyrdom of the Fifteen Martyrs of Tiberioupolis is a significant literary monument of the cultural symbiosis accomplished in Bulgaria under Byzantine rule (11th–12th centuries). In this paper the hagiographical text is interpreted as primary source, containing unique historical information on the early-medieval Bulgarian history, particularly about the pagan Bulgarian religion and the turbulent period of the Bulgarian Christianization. We accept the information mentioned above as indirect evidence that The Martyrdom has transformed and preserved some authentic but lost Bulgarian historical sources.

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