GECHEVA, KRASTINA

THE BOGOMILISM, Bibliography

Preface by prof. D. Angelov. Under  the editorship of prof. D. Angelov and B.Valtchev, Publishing house of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The bibliography contains 2457 titles of sources and studies of Bulgarian and other authors, published in Bulgaria or abroad from the late Middle Ages till today (1994). Books, studies, articles, bibliographies and reviews of scientific periodicals or/and of miscellania editions are included - in Bulgarian and other languages. Special attention is paid to the spread and the influence of the Bogomilism outside Bulgaria.

It is for the first time that the literature on this subject is brought together in this work.

It is a systematic structure as proven by the contents.

According to their nature the entries in every chapter are divided into 'sources' and 'studies'. Under the sources are listed also the publications on them. The entries in the different chapters follow the alphabetical order of the author's names and when the names are anonymous - the titles of the writings.. Titles in Cyrillic precede titles in Latin.

The bibliographical descriptions are after the contemporary rules - concise, clear and in the original language. Publications related to more than one chapter are duplicated in order to make easier for the readder. The majority of the entries are described 'de visu': since they are available in our principal book depositories. Some of them has been found and verified in Bibliotheque Nationale and other specialized libraries in. Paris by the author. Mrs. Gecheva has also utilized renown general and special bibliographical sources - current and retrospective.

The bibliography is supplied with exhaustive guide: index of proper names, index of geographic names, subject index. The list of the abbreviations of the sources along with its guiding function offers an information on periodicals where the respectivee researches have been published.

The bibliography was elaborated in close cooperation with the eminent Bulgarian medievalist prof. D. Angelov, an expert on Bogomilism. The text is designed fof the needs of scientists, lecturers, students, as well for the general reader who are interested on this original Bulgarian phenomenon - the Bogomilism. The Bogomilism stronggly influenced the social and cultural life in Medieval Europe thus generating lately different reformation movements. Such reader's interests are growing up lately and this trend will facilitate the distribution of this edition in aall European cultural centers.

CONTENTS

Preface by prof. D. Angelov

Explanatory notes

General works /1-220/:

sources/1—64/

researches /65-220/

 

Foreign/external/ heresies - predecessors of the Bogomolism/221-431/:

sources/221/

researches/222-261/

Manichaeism/262-349/

sources/262-283/

researches/284-349/

Paulinicianism/350-426/

sources/350-3717

researches/372-426/

Messalianisme/427-431/

 Bogomlllsme. Essence, growth, diffusion on Bulgarian lands:

sources/432-523/

 researches/524-878/

Dissemination and  influence  of  the  Bogomilisme  out  of Bulgarian lands

Byzantium. Balkan Peninsula. General information:

sources/879-889/

researches/890-942/

Bosnia. Serbia. Dalmatia. Rumania/943-1096/

sources/943-978/

researches/979-1096/

West Europe and Central Europe. Russia

1.General information/1097-1289/

sources /1097-1117/

researches/1118-1289/

2.  Italy /1290-1467/

sources/1290-131 I

 researches/1318-1467/

3. France/1468-1567/

sources/1468-1567/

researches/1468-1567/

4.Other European countries/Spain, Hollande, Germany, Austria, Chech, Hungary, England, Russia/2084-2197/

sources/2084-2096/

researches/2097-2197/

Apocrypha and concerning literature/2198-2389/

Apocrypha and folklore

Historiography /2414-2445/

Bibliographies /2446-24S7/

Auxiliary guide                                        

Index of proper names

Index of geographical names

Subject index

Abbreviation of the sources

Bibliographical sources

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