Year XXXIII, Issue 3, 2025<<Archive>>
Viеw ovеr thе Bаlkаn Pеninsulа
SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICY IN BULGARIA DURING WORLD WAR I
This article considers the main aspects of the social protection policy in Bulgaria during the First World War (1914 – 1918). The war and the social policies supporting its victims played an essential role in the development of the Bulgarian welfare state, its...
social problems during the World War I; social protection; social legislation; social policy
THE SYMBOLISM OF THE CEREMONIES OF SIGNING THE TREATY OF NEUILLY AND ITS DENOUNCEMENT
The article interprets the ceremonies of signing the Treaty of Neuilly (27th November 1919) and of its denouncement (23rd July 1940). A typological parallel with the two Armistices signed near Compiègne (of 1918 and of 1940) and the two Treaties of Versailles...
Treaty of Neuilly; ratification; ceremony; ritual; symbolism; symbolic revanchism.
Civilizаtion Boundаriеs
WHEN WAS XENOPHON BORN? RETURN TO THE SOURCES AND NEW ARGUMENTS
The Corpus Xenophonticum solidifies Xenophon’s status as a renown literary figure, while his philosophical reflections on the ideal ruler mark him as a precursor of a new epoch, namely the age of Alexander the Great and the rise of the Hellenistic kingdoms. Ov...
Xenophon; biography; The Constitution of the Athenians
CONSTITUTIO ANTONINIANA – THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN IDENTITY
This article briefly traces the chronology of the development of the institution of Roman citizenship as a specific and special status, granted by the Roman state to the population in Italy and to the provinces, from the origin of the City to the time of the d...
Constitutio Antoniniana; Caracalla; Edicta; Roman Citizenship; P.Giss.I.40; Principate
BETWEEN THE “HEAVENLY THREAD”, THE HOME AND THE MARKET: ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPINNING AND WEAVING IN THE BULGARIAN LANDS (12th – 14th CENTURY)
This article presents the development of the crafts of spinning and weaving through various aspects, from the domestic space to their role in exchange. The study presents the ideological interpretations towards the mentioned activities in the context of the ec...
Middle Ages; Bulgarian lands; spinning; weaving; craftsmanship; symbolism.