Serbian–Bulgarian wars (medieval)
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 102 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5083-1444-6
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bulgarian–Serbian wars were a series of Bulgarian attempts to occupy Serbian lands and subdue the Serbs that ultimately failed. The first war between Bulgarians and Serbs occurred during the reign of Khan Presian between 839 and 842. After a series of campaigns, the Bulgarian Emperor Simeon I ravaged the Serb state in 924 and three years later the Bulgarian army was destroyed by Croats. In the 11th century, several Serbian principalities (Duklja, Travunia, Pagania, Zahumlje, Bosnia and Rascia) were united and formed a large kingdom under Constantine Bodin. In the 13th century, Stefan Dragutin and his brother Stefan Milutin fought against the Bulgarian governors of Belgrade and Branicevo, Darman and Kudelin and managed to defeat them. In 1327, the Emperors of Bulgaria and Byzantium signed an anti-Serbian alliance to stop Serbia's growing power but in 1330, Bulgarian Emperor Michael III Shishman was defeated by Stefan Decanski in the...