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Bulgarian Historical Writing on the Ottoman Empire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Maria Todorova
Maria Todorova*
Affiliation:
University of Florida, Department of History.
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Bulgarian historiography began to professionalize itself after the creation of an independent Bulgarian state (de facto in 1878, de jure in 1908), and the foundation of scholarly institutions. Until then historical writing had been dominated by enthusiasts (clergymen, teachers, local dilettanti), passionately serving the ideas of cultural revival and political independence through historical knowledge. Thus, Bulgarian historiography at its inception was shaped both by its romantic predecessors, whose noble (and only) aim was to stir national consciousness and legitimize national aspirations, and by the influence of the positivist and romantic historiographies then prevalent in Europe.

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New Perspectives on Turkey , Volume 12 , Spring 1995 , pp. 97 - 118
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Copyright © New Perspectives on Turkey 1995

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