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Uprising of Asen and Peter, the Glossary

The Uprising of Asen and Peter (Въстание на Асен и Петър) was a revolt of Bulgarians and Vlachs living in Moesia and the Balkan Mountains, then the theme of Paristrion of the Byzantine Empire, caused by a tax increase.^[1]

Alexios Branas

Alexios (or Alexius) Branas or Vranas (Ἀλέξιος Βρανᾶς) (died 1187) was a Byzantine nobleman, attempted usurper, and the last Byzantine military leader of the 12th century to gain a notable success against a foreign enemy.

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Asen dynasty

The Asen dynasty (Асеневци, Asenevtsi, Asănești) founded and ruled a medieval Bulgarian state, called in modern historiography the Second Bulgarian Empire, between 1185 and 1280.

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İpsala

İpsala is a town in Edirne Province in northwestern Turkey.

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Balkan Mountains

The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkans in Southeastern Europe.

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Balkans

The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.

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Béla III of Hungary

Béla III (III., Bela III., Belo III.; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196.

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Bulgarians

Bulgarians (bŭlgari) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Church of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Veliko Tarnovo

The Church of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki (църква "Св., tsarkva "Sv. Dimitar Solunski") is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church in the city of Veliko Tarnovo in central northern Bulgaria, the former capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire.

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Conrad of Montferrat

Conrad of Montferrat (Italian: Corrado del Monferrato; Piedmontese: Conrà ëd Monfrà) (died 28 April 1192) was a nobleman, one of the major participants in the Third Crusade.

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Cumans

The Cumans or Kumans (kumani; Kumanen;; Połowcy; cumani; polovtsy; polovtsi) were a Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Demetrius of Thessaloniki

Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessalonica (Ἅγιος Δημήτριος τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης), also known as the Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius the Myroblyte (meaning 'the Myrrh-Gusher' or 'Myrrh-Streamer'; 3rd century – 306), was a Greek Christian martyr of the early 4th century AD.

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Emperor

The word emperor (from imperator, via empereor) can mean the male ruler of an empire.

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First Bulgarian Empire

The First Bulgarian Empire (blŭgarĭsko tsěsarǐstvije; Първо българско царство) was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans.

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George Ostrogorsky

George Alexandrovich Ostrogorsky (Georgiy Aleksandrovich Ostrogorskiy; Georgije Aleksandrovič Ostrogorski; 19 January 1902 – 24 October 1976) was a Russian-born Yugoslavian historian and Byzantinist who was widely known for his achievements in Byzantine studies.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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Haemus Mons

In earlier times, the Balkan Mountains were known as the Haemus Mons. It is believed that the name is derived from a Thracian word *saimon, 'mountain ridge', which is unattested but conjectured as the original Thracian form of Greek Emos.

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Isaac II Angelos

Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Isaákios Komnēnós Ángelos; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and co-Emperor with his son Alexios IV Angelos from 1203 to 1204.

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Ivan Asen I

Ivan Asen I, also known as Asen I or John Asen I (Иван Асен I; died in 1196), was emperor or tsar of Bulgaria from 1187/1188 to 1196 as co-ruler with his elder brother, Peter II.

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John Doukas (sebastokrator)

John Doukas, Latinized as Ducas (Iōannēs Doukas; &ndash), was the eldest son of Constantine Angelos by Theodora Komnene, the seventh child of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina.

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John Kantakouzenos (Caesar)

John Kantakouzenos (Ἰωάννης Καντακουζηνός) was a military commander and an early member of the Kantakouzenos family.

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Kaloyan of Bulgaria

Kaloyan or Kalojan, also known as Ivan I, Ioannitsa or Johannitsa (Калоян, Йоаница; 1170 – October 1207), the Romanslayer, was emperor or tsar of Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207.

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Lovech

Lovech (Lovech) is a city in north-central Bulgaria.

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Moesia

Moesia (Latin: Moesia; Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River.

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Niketas Choniates

Niketas or Nicetas Choniates (Νικήτας Χωνιάτης; – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (Ἀκομινάτος), was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician.

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Paristrion

Paristrion (Ister), or Paradounabon/Paradounabis (Παραδούναβον / Παραδούναβις), which is preferred in official documents, was a Byzantine province covering the southern bank of the Lower Danube (Moesia Inferior) in the 11th and 12th centuries. Uprising of Asen and Peter and Paristrion are 12th century in Bulgaria.

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Peter II of Bulgaria

Peter II, born Theodor, also known as Theodor-Peter (Теодор-Петър; died in 1197), was the first emperor or tsar of the restored Bulgarian Empire from 1185 to 1197.

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Pontic–Caspian steppe

The Pontic–Caspian Steppe is a steppe extending across Eastern Europe to Central Asia, formed by the Caspian and Pontic steppes.

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Second Bulgarian Empire

The Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state that existed between 1185 and 1396. Uprising of Asen and Peter and Second Bulgarian Empire are 12th century in Bulgaria.

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Siege of Lovech

The siege of Lovech (translit) took place in the spring of 1187 between the forces of Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire. Uprising of Asen and Peter and siege of Lovech are 1180s in the Byzantine Empire and 12th century in Bulgaria.

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Speculum (journal)

Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies is a quarterly academic journal published by University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Medieval Academy of America.

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Theme (Byzantine district)

The themes or (θέματα,, singular) were the main military and administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire.

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Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.

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Thrace

Thrace (Trakiya; Thráki; Trakya) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe.

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Tsar

Tsar (also spelled czar, tzar, or csar; tsar; tsar'; car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs.

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Veliki Preslav

The modern Veliki Preslav or Great Preslav (Велики Преслав), former Preslav (Преслав; until 1993), is a city and the seat of government of the Veliki Preslav Municipality (Great Preslav Municipality, new Bulgarian: obshtina), which in turn is part of Shumen Province, Bulgaria.

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Veliko Tarnovo

Veliko Tarnovo (Veliko Tŭrnovo,; "Great Tarnovo") is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.

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Vlachs

Vlach, also Wallachian (and many other variants), is a term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate speakers of Eastern Romance languages living in Southeast Europe—south of the Danube (the Balkan peninsula) and north of the Danube.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uprising_of_Asen_and_Peter

Also known as Eighth Bulgarian–Byzantine War, Rebellion of the brothers Peter and Asen, Tenth Bulgarian–Byzantine War, Uprising of Peter and Asen, Vlach-Bulgar Rebellion, Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion.

Uprising of Asen and Peter, the Glossary

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See also

1180s conflicts

1180s in the Byzantine Empire

1185 beginnings

1185 in Europe

1200s conflicts

1200s in the Byzantine Empire

1204 in Europe

12th century in Bulgaria

12th century in Romania

12th century in the Byzantine Empire

12th-century rebellions

Bulgarian rebellions

Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars

Conflicts in 1185

Conflicts in 1204

Medieval Thrace

Medieval rebellions in Europe

Military history of the Cumans

Rebellions against the Byzantine Empire

References