Цар Симеон Велики (893–927)
King Simeon the Great

Author(s): Rasho Rashev
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Издателство „Захари Стоянов“
Keywords: King Simeon the Grea; Majesty
Summary/Abstract: Rasho Rashev’s book does not have a monolithic character. It does not comprehensively reveal the time and activities of King Simeon the Great, but consists of several studies, which the author himself defines as “touches to his personality and work”. In them a very interesting and largely successful attempt has been made to seek answers to questions that have remained outside the attention of previous researchers or have been little addressed by them. Among the themes he discusses are: the notion of the king as a “vassal peacemaker”, a “new Moses”, a “new David”; Simeon’s nature as the “last proto-Bulgarian”; his activities as a historian and his attitude to the Name Book of the Bulgarian Khans and to the pagan past of his ancestors. Rasho Rashev’s interpretation is not only original and attracts with its new ideas, but also predisposes to reflection. It greatly enriches the image of the great Bulgarian king.

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