Vol. 92 No. 1 (2003): Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of History
The double volume 91–92 of GSU-IF (1998–1999; Sofia, 2003) brings together studies that traverse a broad chronological arc—from early medieval state formation to twentieth-century socio-political change. The opening article examines state-building in France, England, and Germany during the 5th–9th and 11th–13th centuries, highlighting the institutionalization of power, the centrality of monarchy, and the interplay between Germanic traditions and the late Roman legacy. Subsequent contributions reassess the political history of medieval Bulgaria through Georgi D. Balaschev’s scholarship and survey the achievements of Academician Veselin Hadzhinikolov in general medieval studies, while Valeri Katzunov focuses on acts of Bulgarian ethnic self-consciousness under Byzantine rule. The volume then turns to historiography and history teaching with a didactic reading of the Balkan Wars (1912–1913) in scholarly works and school textbooks, and concludes with modern social and political history through an analysis of the municipal administrative corps and practices in Bulgaria under the Democratic Entente (1923–1931). Overall, the collection presents a methodologically pluralist panorama that interweaves comparative medieval perspectives, historiographical reflection, and empirically grounded studies of institutions and policy in modern and contemporary times.
