Bulgaria and the Bulgars

• ABOUT: HISTORY:
  • Wikipedia entry
  • Bulgarian History. A fairly impressive introductory short-course. --- Balcanica

  • First Bulgarian Kingdom -- Primary Sources Short excerpts and a king-list. --- Balcanica
  • Second Bulgarian Kingdom -- Primary Sources Short excerpts. --- Balcanica

• PEOPLE:
  • SAINTS: Ivan Rilski; John the Exarch;
  • OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL FIGURES: Hrabr the Monk;
  • SECULAR FIGURES: John Asen II; Ivan Vazov;

• PLACES:
  • Monasteries: Rila;

• SOME HERESIES which afflicted Bulgaria:
  • Bogomilism