The Balkans for the People of the Balkans
Even the Times newspaper in November 1912 agreed with Gladstone’s idea: "The Balkans for the people of the Balkans." Until then, Russia never believed...
The Transformation of the BWU’s Goals (1921)
In 1921, the Bulgarian Women's Union (BWU) changed its goals to focus on achieving full civil and political rights for women, including the right...
Demand for Equal Education for Girls and Boys
In the 1890s, women's societies in Bulgaria began to push for equal education for girls and boys in high school. They wanted the same...
Women’s Organizations in Bulgaria A Growing Movement
Women's organizations in Bulgaria were created as a result of internal changes in society, but foreign influences also played a role in changing traditional...
At the palace of Hormisdas
Instead, this session was an attempt to move the discussion forward without histrionics and public posturing, and one must give Justinian full credit for...
Born in Sozopolis
By comparison, Severus the Sober embodied a newly serious age. He was born in Sozopolis (near modern Konya) in Asia Minor, where his grandfather...
Constantinople in religious matters
The overweening blindness of Constantinople’s men arose in part from an accident of the fourth and fifth centuries. Antioch and Alexandria (that is to...
Affair between Solomon and Pegasius
After Pegasius had ransomed Solomon from the Levathae, and the barbarians had gone home, Solomon with Pegasius his ransomer and a few soldiers, set...
Comparison to the new officials
The Emperor was always very careful to choose for his agents men who were truly of all people the worst scoundrels; and he had...
Believe Christianity
“Publish it, of course. After all, I’ve been doing the same thing in Gaul and Britain for several years.”
“Your mother will be happy to...
