Re: [tied] Re: Bulgarica

From: george knysh
Message: 24664
Date: 2003-07-18

--- fortuna11111 <fortuna11111@...> wrote:

*naming* people Slavs or Bulgars is
> much better than
> really *labelling* them civilized or barbarian.

*****GK: Yes. I don't believe I ever referred to
either congeries as "barbarians".*****

> > GK: The word "confrontation" is not mine but
> > Vassil's.
>
> Yes, and it was a comment on your suggested picture
> of events. Wars
> and confrontation. Why? Because being different
> suggests we should
> fight. Typically 19th-20th-century Western European
> deformations of
> thought.

*****GK: As usual, you are going WAY over the line in
your interpretation. It's better to stick to what
someone is saying (Bulgar domination). Makes for more
meaningful exchanges. I won't bother to blow away your
straw men anymore Eva. And I have no interest in
proving that I don't beat up my girl friends
(:=)).*****

>
> > GK: I trust the witness of our Old Ukrainian
> > Chronicle (11th c.) more than the views of 20th c.
> > Bulgarian scholars.
>
> Who probably relied on more than just the Ukrainian
> Chronicle. If
> you are interested in the project, I can make a
> check and send you a
> list or works cited.

*****GK: I would certainly be interested in any
current Bulgarian analysis of the Primary Chronicle
text dealing with the arrival of the proto-Bulgars on
the Danube.******



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