Bulgar–Serb War (839–842)
Bulgar-Serb War (839–42) | |||||||
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Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian Wars (medieval) | |||||||
Bulgarian Empire, Serbian principalities and the Balkans in the 9th century | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Principality | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Presian I | Vlastimir | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy | Unknown |
The Bulgarian-Serbian War of 839–842 was fought between the
Prelude
According to De Administrando Imperio, the Serbs and Bulgars had lived peacefully as neighbours until the Bulgarian invasion in 839 (in the last years of emperor Theophilos).[4] It is not known what exactly prompted the war,[5] as Porphyrogenitus gives no clear answer; whether it was a result of Serbian–Bulgarian relations, i.e. the Bulgarian conquest to the southeast, or a result of the Byzantine-Bulgarian rivalry, in which Serbia was at the side of the Byzantines as an Imperial ally.[6] It was not unlikely that the Emperor had a part in it; as he was in war with the Arabs, he may have pushed the Serbs to drive the Bulgars from western Macedonia, which would benefit them both.[4] According to J. B. Bury, this alliance would explain the cause of the Bulgarian action.[4] Vasil Zlatarski supposes that the Emperor offered the Serbs complete independence in return.[4][7]
War
According to Porphyrogenitus, the Bulgars wanted to continue their conquest of the Slavic lands and to force the Serbs into subjugation. Khan
According to
The defeat of the Bulgars, who had become one of the greater powers in the 9th century showed that Serbia was an organized state, fully capable of defending its borders; a very high military and administrative organizational frame to present such effective resistance.[11]
Aftermath
Soon after 846, with the end of the 30–year–peace established by the
See also
- Bulgarian–Serbian medieval wars
- Bulgar-Serb War (853)
- Medieval Bulgarian Army
- Medieval Serbian Army
References
- ^ a b Fine 1991, pp. 108, 110.
- ^ Ćirković 2004, pp. 15.
- ^ Curta 2006, pp. 145, 167.
- ^ a b c d e Bury 2008, p. 372.
- ^ a b c d e Runciman 1930, ch. 2, n. 88
- ^ Živković 2006, p. 13
- ^ a b c Zlatarski 1918, f. 17
- ^ Ćorović 2001, ch. 2, III
- ^ Houtsma 1993, p. 199
- ^ Živković 2006, pp. 14–15
- ^ Živković 2006, p. 19
- ^ Andreev & Lalkov 1996, pp. 69–70
Sources
- Primary sources
- ISBN 9780884020219.
- Secondary sources
- Андреев (Andreev), Йордан (Jordan); Лалков (Lalkov), Милчо (Milcho) (1996). Българските ханове и царе (The Bulgarian Khans and Tsars) (in Bulgarian). Велико Търново (ISBN 954-427-216-X.
- ISBN 978-1-60520-421-5.
- ISBN 9781405142915.
- Ćorović, Vladimir (2001). Istorija srpskog naroda (Internet ed.). Belgrade: Ars Libri.
- Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
- Houtsma, M. Th. (1993). E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936. BRILL. ISBN 90-04-08265-4.
- Runciman, Steven (1930). A history of the First Bulgarian Empire. London: G. Bell & Sons. Archived from the original on 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
- Živković, Tibor (2006). Portreti srpskih vladara (IX—XII vek). Belgrade. pp. 11–20. ISBN 86-17-13754-1.)
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