The Greeks have ruled harshly over Bulgaria…

1186 CE

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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Turnovo > Veliko Turnovo Lovech Bulgaria View →

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Isaac II Angelos View → Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria View → Peter IV of Bulgaria View →

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Vlachs View → Slavs, South View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Bulgarians (South Slavs) View → Bulgaria, Theme of View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Angelid dynasty View → Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars View →

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Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars View → Asen and Peter, Uprising of View →

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