Sacralizing the Nation through Remembrance of Medieval Religious Figures in Serbia, Bulgaria and Macedonia

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Religious figures of remembrance served to consolidate dynastic rule and later nation-state legitimacy and community. The study illuminates the interweaving of (Eastern) Roman, medieval Serbian and Bulgarian, as well as Ottoman and Western European national discourses culminating in the sacralization of the nation. Contents Figures Chapter 4 Mobilization and Sacralization of the Nation through Religious Remembrance (1918–1944) 1 From Myth to “Ideology” – the Field of Blackbirds and Vidovdan in the SHS State 2 Clergy as National Saints: The Discursive and Geographical Expansion of Sava’s Cult in the “Battle of Ideologies” 3 Cleric as National Saint: Clement between Serbia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria 4 Clerics as National Saints: Cyril and Methodius 5 John of Rila’s Holiday as the “Day of the National Awakeners” 6 Clergymen as National Saints: The “Holy Leader” Ivan of Rila and His Monastery 7 Holy Ruler – Boris as the “God-Sent Leader” 8 Holy Rulers – the Karađorđević Family in the Nemanjids’ Footsteps? 9 “Holy Homeland” and National Gods – Bulgaria, Serbia, and Macedonia as Religious-National Spaces of Remembrance 10 Interim Assessment Chapter 5 Conclusion 1 Transethnic Missionaries, Miracle Workers, Tsarist Cities, and Dynasties – Religious Memory-Figures in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era 2 Religious Memory-Figures between Politics and Nation – Setting the Course in the “Long 19th Century” 3 Religious Memory-Figures as Media of the Blueprints of Modern Mass Societies and the Sacralization of the Nation (1918–1944) 4 Recapitulation within the European Framework 5 Religious Memory-Figures in a Diachronic View between “longue durée” and Discontinuity 6 Outlook Bibliography 1 Bibliographies, Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries 2 Unpublished Sources and Films 3 Offices, Edited Sources and Ego-Documents, Texts without Author or Editor 4 Newspapers and Magazines 5 Literature until 1945 6 Literature since 1945 Index