Aristocratic factions fight for control of the …
Years: 1252 - 1395
Aristocratic factions fight for control of the Bulgarian throne from 1257 until 1277.
Heavy taxation by feudal landlords causes their peasants to revolt in 1277 and enthrone the "swineherd tsar" Ivailo.
After 1300 Tatar control ends, and a new period of expansion follows under Mikhail Shishman (1323-1330) and Ivan Aleksandur (1331-1370).
As before, however, military and commercial success parallels internal disorder; the social chaos of the previous century continues to erode the power of Bulgarian leaders.
Meanwhile, Serbia has risen as a formidable rival in the Balkans, and the Ottoman Turks have advanced to the Aegean coast.
In the late fourteenth century, Bulgaria is weakened by the division of its military defenses between the two perceived threats.
Locations
People
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Serbs (South Slavs)
- Tatars
- Bulgaria, Theme of
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
- Serbia, Kingdom of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Ottoman Emirate
- Ottoman Emirate
- Serbian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Serbia, Moravian
Topics
- Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Bulgarian-Serbian Wars
- Bulgarian-Byzantine War of 1255-56
- Bulgarian-Byzantine War of 1261-65
- Ivaylo, Uprising of
- Bulgarian–Ottoman wars
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Regions
Subregions
Years: 1252 - 1395
Locations
People
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Serbs (South Slavs)
- Tatars
- Bulgaria, Theme of
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
- Serbia, Kingdom of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Ottoman Emirate
- Ottoman Emirate
- Serbian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Serbia, Moravian
Topics
- Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Bulgarian-Serbian Wars
- Bulgarian-Byzantine War of 1255-56
- Bulgarian-Byzantine War of 1261-65
- Ivaylo, Uprising of
- Bulgarian–Ottoman wars
Subjects
Regions
Subregions