"The miracle is represented in several Orthodox churches. The most famous is that from Dečani Monastery in Serbia, painted around 1350 (scene 12). Saint Demetrius strikes Johannitsa (Kaloian), who is about to fall off his horse, with his spear. The scene is also depicted in later, 15th- to 17th-century mural paintings in the churches of Krokeia (Laconia), Morača (Montenegro), Temska (Serbia), as well as in the church dedicated to the Mother of God in Dragalevtsi, near Sofia." (From The Asanids - The Political and Military History of the Second Bulgarian Empire 1185-1280 by Alexandru Madgearu)
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast Yeah figured as much. The way the words are used in his writing implies a deragatory term since "vlach" was widely used to mean "cattle hearders" or "farmers". In no place does the man refer to himself as such and given that the territories north of the Danube have been vassals of the Bulgarian Empire I fail to see why there needs to be a distinction. Even his correspondences with Pope Innocent III dont speak about this "Vlach" nonsense rather the pope makes mention of Kaloyan "Belonging to a ancient family of good Roman land owners" Guess the guy was more Roman than Romanian.
You should have mentioned the Battle of Rodosto. Do you have any other materials on other Bulgarian rulers?
What are the churches that show Kaloyan being killed by Saint Demetrius? Inquiring minds want to know!
"The miracle is represented in several Orthodox churches. The most famous is that from Dečani Monastery in Serbia, painted around 1350 (scene 12). Saint Demetrius strikes Johannitsa (Kaloian), who is about to fall off his horse, with his spear. The scene is also depicted in later, 15th- to 17th-century mural paintings in the churches of Krokeia (Laconia), Morača (Montenegro), Temska (Serbia), as well as in the church dedicated to the Mother of God in Dragalevtsi, near Sofia." (From The Asanids - The Political and Military History of the Second Bulgarian Empire 1185-1280 by Alexandru Madgearu)
What is all this about Kaloyan being a "vlach" from anyway?
From Choniates' history
@@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast Yeah figured as much. The way the words are used in his writing implies a deragatory term since "vlach" was widely used to mean "cattle hearders" or "farmers". In no place does the man refer to himself as such and given that the territories north of the Danube have been vassals of the Bulgarian Empire I fail to see why there needs to be a distinction. Even his correspondences with Pope Innocent III dont speak about this "Vlach" nonsense rather the pope makes mention of Kaloyan "Belonging to a ancient family of good Roman land owners" Guess the guy was more Roman than Romanian.