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The Greeks have ruled harshly over Bulgaria …
Years: 1186 - 1186
The Greeks have ruled harshly over Bulgaria for nearly two centuries, using taxes and the political power of the church to crush opposition.
The first and second Crusades had passed through Bulgaria in this period, devastating the land.
In 1186, after a violent dispute with the new Greek emperor, Asen and Peter, descendants of Vlach landowners and boyars from Turnovo, whose family name is Belgun, lead a popular rising of Vlachs and Bulgarians and proclaim their independence from Constantinople.
Asen is crowned tsar as Ivan Asen I at Turnovo, and …
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- Vlachs
- Slavs, South
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Bulgaria, Theme of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Angelid dynasty
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Years: 1186 - 1186
Locations
People
Groups
- Vlachs
- Slavs, South
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Bulgaria, Theme of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Angelid dynasty
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions