A History of Bulgaria 1393-1885 [antikvár]

CONTENTS i bulgaria before i393 pdge 15 ii bulgaria under the turkish yoke 22 The Continuation of the Turkish Conquest—The Effects of the Turkish Conquest in Bulgaria—Moslem and Raya— Land Tenure—Taxation—Special Categories of Raya— Administration and Justice—Economy—The Decline of Turkish Feudalism—The Türnovo Rising, 1598—Catholic Influence in Bulgaria—Further Risings—Bulgárián Colonies Abroad—The Pomaks—The Dark Years—The Haiduti— The Phanariot Greeks—Bulgaria and Russia—Bulgárián Culture under the Turks. iii the economic background to the renaissance 63 Introduction—Changes in Agrarian Relations during the End of the Eighteenth and First Half of the Nineteenth Centuries—The Chorbadzhii—The Growth of Towns and Handicrafts—Main Branches of Bulgárián Economy— Guilds—The Growth of Capitalist Relations—Trade— Social Groupings in the Towns—Western Europe and Turkey's Economy. iv the first 'awakeners* 88 The Role of Paisi Hilendarsky—Bulgárián Culture before Paisi—The Life and Work of Paisi Hilendarsky—Paisi's History—Other Histories—Sofroni Vrachansky, 1739-1814. v political events in turkey 1768-1839 io3 The Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774—The Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1791—Reforms in Turkey—The Kürdzhali Movement—OsmanPazvantoglu—The Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812—The Greek Rising, 1821—The Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829—Mamarchev's Rising—The Treaty of Unkiar Iskelesi, 1833—The Velcho Zavera, 1835—The Gyülkhan Hat-t-Sherify 1839. vi the struggle for cultural independence ii7 Cell Schools—The Helleno-Bulgarian Schools—Peter Beron—Yuri Ivanovich Venelin, 1802-1839—Aprilov and the First Bulgárián Schools—The Growth of Bulgárián Education—Neofit Rilsky—Neofit Bozveli, 1785-1848— Other Eminent Teachers—Greek Opposition to the Schools —The Development of Bulgárián Printing—The Development of the Periodical Press. 10 A HISTORY OF BULGARIA VII THE STRUGGLE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE BULGÁRIÁN CHURCH 143 Introduction—The Beginning of the Struggle—Neofit Bozveli and the Metropolitans of Türnovo—Ilarion Maka-riopolsky—Bozveli and Ilarion in Constantinople—The First Bulgárián Church in Constantinople—The Effects of the Crimean War—The Church Council of 1858—The Struggle in Plovdiv and Other Towns—Easter Day, 1860— The Church Council, 1861—The Uniat Movement—The Church Movement, 1861-1866—The Church Struggle, 1866-1870—The Création of the Bulgárián Exarchate— After the Victory. VIII THE MOVEMENT FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION 169 Introduction—Peasant Risings in Western Bulgaria, 1835-1837—The Nis Rising, 1841—The First Braila Rising, 1841 —Georgi Sava Rakovsky and the Second Braila Rising, 1842—The Third Braila Rising—The Rising in North-West Bulgaria, 1850—Bulgaria and the Crimean War— The Treaty of Paris, 1856—Economie Changes after the Crimean War—Classes and Parties after the Crimean War —Rakovsky: Tatriarch' of the Bulgárián Révolution—The First Bulgárián Légion—Rakovsky and Balkan Union— The Bulgárián Secret Central Committee—The Supreme National Bulgárián Secret Citizens* Command—The Dobro-detelna Druzhina—The Cheîi of Khitov and Totyu, 1867— The Second Bulgárián Légion, 1867-1868—The Cheta of Hadzhi Dimiter and Stefan Karadzhata, 1868—Vasil Levsky : Early Life—Levsky among the Bulgárián Émigrés— Lyuben Karavelov: Early Life—Karavelov's Ideology— Levsky's Revolutionary Ideology—The Bulgárián Revolu-tionary Central Committee—The First General Assembly of the brcc, 1872—The Arabakonak Incident—The Death of Levsky—The Revolutionary Movement after Levsky's Death—Karavelov leaves the Central Committee —Khristo Botev: Early Life—Khristo Botev's Ideology— The Economie Situation in Turkey, 1874-1875—The New Central Revolutionary Committee, 1875—The Stara Zagora Rising, 1875. IX THE APRIL RISING AND THE LIBERATION 236 Bulgárián Society on the Eve of the April Rising—The Crisis in the brcc—The Gyurgevo Committee—Préparations in the Türnovo Region—Préparations in the Sliven Region—Préparations in the Vratsa Region—Préparations in the Panagyurishté Region—Oborishté—The Betrayal— TodorKableshkov, 1851-1876—The Beginning of the Rising —Free Koprivshtitsa—The Rising in the Panagyurishté Region—The Beginning of the End—The End in Koprivshtitsa—The Death of Benkovsky—The Rhodope Villages—The Rising in the Türnovo Region—The Rising CONTENTS II in the Sliven Region—Khristo Botev's Cheta—The Reasons for the Failure of the April Rising—The Significance of the April Rising—'Government by Yatagan'—Foreign Reaction to the Atrocities—British Reaction to the Atrocities—The Bulgárián National Liberation Movement after the April Rising—The Events leading up to the Russo-Turkish War —British Reaction to the Russo-Turkish War—The Beginning of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878—The Course of the War—The Treaty of San Stefano. X BULGÁRIÁN CULTURE DURING THE RENAISSANCE 3OO Education—The cReading Rooms'—Literature—Theatre— Music—Architecture—Painting—Woodcarving. XI THE FORMATION OF THE NEW BULGÁRIÁN STATE 308 The Congress of Berlin—Provisionai Russian Administration in Bulgaria—Opposition to the Treaty of Berlin—The Constituent Assembly—The Tűrnovo Constitution— The First Grand National Assembly—Eastern Rumelia— Agricultural Development, 1878-1885—Handicrafts and Industry, 1878-1885—Classes and Parties, 1879-1885— The First Conservative Government—The Conservative Government of Metropolitan Kliment—Dragan Tsankov's Liberal Government, 1880—Foreign Policy and Railways— The Coup d'Ëtat of 1881—Dictatorship—The Government of the Russian Generals—The Restoration of the Constitution, 1883—Tsankov's Coalition Government, 1883—The Split in the Liberal Party—The Government of Petko Karavelov, 1884-1886—The Economy of Eastern Rumelia —Classes and Parties in Eastern Rumelia—The Bulgárián Secret Central Revolutionary Committee—The Declaration of Union, September 6, 1885—The Serbo-Bulgarian War and the Récognition of Union. XII POSTSCRIPT 343 NOTE ON THE TRANSLITERATION AND PRONUNCIATION OF BULGÁRIÁN WORDS 34^ GLOSSARY 347 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 349 INDEX 351