Content of the volume Standards of Everydaylife

ПРЕДГОВОР...........................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................23

I. RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS

Stefka PIPERKOVA (“St Cyril and St Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo)

Thracian Religious Monuments in Strelcha and Panagyurishte...................33

Svetozar PETROV (“St Cyril and St Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo)

Everyday Life of the Dominican Brothers According to the „Primitive

Constitutions“ of the Order and Some Other Documents............................47

Atanaska STAMBOLIYSKA (“St Cyril and St Methodius” University

of Veliko Tarnovo)

The Monastery Network in the Territory of Vidin Sandžak

during the 15th Century......................................................................................61

Ligia DIMA (“Ovidius” University of Constanţa)

Churches and Monasteries from Northern Dobruja......................................73

Zuzanna MARIA WIŚNICKA-TOMALAK, Anna-Maria KIEWSKA

(University of Łodź)

The Specific Position of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

in Polish Religion.................................................................................................91

Marinela MARINOVA (“St Cyril and St Methodius” University of Veliko

Tarnovo)

Jews in the Bulgarian Lands as the „Other” in the 15th–19th Centuries....107

Nevena NEDELCHEVA (“St Cyril and St Methodius” University of Veliko

Tarnovo)

Religion as a way to social pre-categorization in Gerlovo and Tozluka

in the 16th–17th centuries................................................................................119

II. THE WAY OF LIFE – TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS

Zofia RZEŹNICKA, Krzysztof JAGUSIAK (University of Łodź)

The Importance of Rice in the Ancient and Byzantine Mediterranean

World...................................................................................................................133

Desislava DIMITROVA (“St Cyril and St Methodius” University of Veliko

Tarnovo)

“On the Table” in the Bulgarian Lands through the Eyes of West

European Travellers from the 15th–16th Centuries.......................................151

Daniela TSONEVA (“St Cyril and St Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo)

Clothing as a Social Marker in Tudor England..................................................165

Yusuf Ziya KARAASLAN („Uludağ” University of Bursa)

Women’s Clothing of the 16th Century Ottoman Empire............................175

Evren SUNERİN, (“Uludağ” University of Bursa)

“ARZ-I ENDAM” with European Clothes in the Tulip Era (1718–1730).......185

Nergis IMAMOĞLU (“Uludağ” University of Bursa)

Between Islamic Tradition and Socialist Modernization: Changes in the

Turkish Community’s Everyday Life in Socialist Bulgaria According to

“Нова светлина” (“New Light”) Newspaper (Year 1985)...........................199

III. HEALTH AND ILLNESSES

Konrad GAŁĄZKA (University of Łodź)

Smallpox, Cholera and Syphilis – Short History of These Diseases

and Their Treatment..........................................................................................219

Yasin TEKIN (“Uludağ” University of Bursa)

Epidemics, Diseases and Wars in the Late Ottoman Empire......................225

Petya KOSEVA (“St Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia)

The Divination Books as a Reflection of the Everyday Life

of the Bulgarians from the 15th until the 18th Century................................235

IV. CLIMATE AND HISTORY

Mario FILIPOV (“St Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia)

Weather Forecasts during the Middle Ages (Weather Predictions

in the Byzantine Cultural Aerial in the Balkans, 10th–15th Centuries)......245

V. CENTRE AND PERIPHERY

Desislava STOICHKOVA (“St Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia)

Urban Structure and Urban Life in Palermo in the 10th Century

According to Ibn H․awqal..................................................................................257

Imelda VLADEVA (“St Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia)

Urban Structure and Architecture in Filibe in the Period from

the 15th to the 19th cc. (Through the Eyes of Foreign Travelers).................277

Boryana ANTONOVA (“St Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia)

The Appearance of Railways in Rumelia and the Changes

in the Standards of Travelling..........................................................................293