dr hab. Jarosław Dudek, prof. UZ

Section 26.: Chronographies and letopises. Historical literature of the Byzantine-Slavic cultural circles in the Middle Ages. Sources from the eastern periphery of the Piasts’ power territory

The Emperor Basil II, not shying away from acts of brutality, completed the conquest of Bulgaria in 1018, which is the subject of the description of Byzantine historians (e.g. John Skylitzes, John Zonaras). This contrasts with the transmission of preserved Bulgarian historical and literary works. The anonymous authors of the "Apocryphal Chronicle", some interpolations to the apocrypha of the prophets Isaiah and Daniel) idealize the rule of the Byzantine emperors, identifying their rule with the native political tradition. Such views could have resulted from the connections of the native Komitopules dynasty with the Byzantine aristocracy, which was exposed by marriages with the imperial families of Diogenids, Doukas and Komnenos. The autocephalous church structure also favored the preservation of the cultural heritage of conquered Bulgaria, especially the development of native monastic structures.