Година XXXIII, Книжка 5, 2025Следващ бройАрхивПредишен брой
Цивилизационни граници
ON THE ARMAMENT IN THE MILITARY CONFLICTS IN LATIN ROMANIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 13 TH CENTURY
Ivelin Ivanov
The beginning of the 13th century marked a particularly intense period of military clashes in the Balkans, especially in the lands of Latin Romania, resulting from the Fourth Crusade and the rise of the Latin Empire (1204 – 1261). In these military campaigns,...
Latin Romania; Fourth Crusade; Latin Empire; medieval warfare
THE BERBERS AND ARAB RULE IN SICILY (9TH – 11TH CENTURIES): RECOVERING THE MISSING VOICES
Desislava Vladimirova
This article explores the elusive presence of Berbers in Islamic Sicily between the 9th and 11th centuries. A major challenge of the topic is the lack of ethnic differentiation in medieval narratives: both Christian and Muslim sources typically categorize Sici...
Berbers; Islamic Sicily; Mediterranean; Medieval period; Arabic historiography