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
