Colin McEvedy’s Atlas of Medieval Europe. I love it but it is misleading
A lovely looking but very misleading map 1045
My map of the Balkans duing 11th century
Camridge History of Byzantium Balkans map
Serbia and Croatia in the 11th century from Byzantium’s Balkan Frontier by Paul Stephenson
The maps commonly used in books and the internet give a misleading impression of the Byzantine occupation of Bulgaria. We tour the Balkans and discuss the reality on the ground.
Period: 913-1025
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At 22:25, “Inside was enough cash to pay an imperial garrison” repeats.
Thank you, sadly, during tired edits, I have assumed you will let me know if I have slipped up…
Very interesting. I love how this podcast can present information in a new and enlightening way. I didn’t realise how misleading those nice maps could be.
At 22:37 – “..maps implying that the Eastern Balkans were a Roman Province fully under the control of Constantinople, misunderstand reality.”
I suppose you mean the ‘Western Balkans’ as the context implies, being about the Serb and Croatian realms in the Western Balkans and how their rulers remained de facto independent from Byzantium.
My apologies if I come out as being pretentious, I’m just trying to clarify stuff 🙂
I also got interested in Byzantine history by seeing those great maps in Colin McEvedy’s books!
You’re the first person to say that 🙂
I just cited this episode in an essay for it’s useful turn of phrase in the title. Cheers
Nice analogy, of likening the “conquest” of Bulgaria like a corporate merger of modern times