Oksana М . Minaeva
New Bulgarian University, History of Culture, Department Member
- Early Medieval Art, late Classical world, early Middle Ages, Central Asian History and Anthropology, Silk Road Archaeology, Ancient and Roman Roads, and 31 moreIranian Contribution to Early European Culture, Sogdian Culture, Kushan history, Indo Greek Culture and History, Viking Age Weapons, Viking Swords, Old Rus', Vikings in the East, Varangians, History of Culture, Eurasian Nomads, Viking Age Archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, Medieval Balkans, Byzantine historiography, Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, Viking Studies, Early medieval Bulgaria, Byzantium, Mediaeval Cult of Relics and Saints, Viking Age Scandinavia, Archaeology of the Avars, Relics (Religion), Early Middle Ages (History), Kievan Rus', Bulgaria, Byzantine Archaeology, Khazar archaeology and history, Byzantine Studies, Archaeology, and Jewelry Archaeology Visigothic Spain Art Late Antiquityedit
- Graduated from the Academy of Arts, Sofia. Presently associate prof. at the New Bulgarian University. Publications an... moreGraduated from the Academy of Arts, Sofia. Presently associate prof. at the New Bulgarian University. Publications and Interests in Early Medieval Bulgarian art and relations between Western Europe and the East.edit
The ideas of ruler's power of the pagan Bulgarians and their expression are a question of debates concerning different fields of humanities such as history, archaeology, epigraphy, religious studies, and art history. The discussion... more
The ideas of ruler's power of the pagan Bulgarians and their expression are a question of debates concerning different fields of humanities such as history, archaeology, epigraphy, religious studies, and art history. The discussion proposed tends to seek the ideological basis of the ruler's power as seen through cosmogonic, religious and political notions preserved in written historical sources, traces of rites and beliefs in mythology and folklore and in the arts. Thus, the three levels of the ruler''s ideology are considered : the written/verbal texts, ritual texts and visual texts in order to find out a set of iconographic formulae of expressing the power of the pagan Bulgarian ruler.Minaeva Oksana. Iconography Power of the Pagan Bulgarian Ruler: Images, Symbolism and Iakovos Menelaou Byzantine Satire: The Background in the Timarion . In: Hiperboreea. Journal of History, vol. 4, N°2, 2017. pp. 5-52
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Scandinavia and the balkans : cultural interactions with Byzantium and Eastern Europe in the first millenium AD
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Thus formulated, the research topic is not unknown, nor has its course remained aloof from the studies of a number of prominent scholars still in the initial stage of development of
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«From Paganism to Christianity» provides a rich outlook for anyone interested in the artwork of the Old Bulgarians. Not only does this book give chronological explanations of the journeys of various artifacts to the Balkans, it also makes... more
«From Paganism to Christianity» provides a rich outlook for anyone interested in the artwork of the Old Bulgarians. Not only does this book give chronological explanations of the journeys of various artifacts to the Balkans, it also makes an historical overview of the ...
Abstract The article discusses the social status of finds from the Late Antiquity or Early Byzantine or also called Migration Period in todays Bulgarian lands. The finds are interpreted in respect of their function and technique alongside... more
Abstract The article discusses the social status of finds from the Late Antiquity or Early Byzantine or also called Migration Period in todays Bulgarian lands. The finds are interpreted in respect of their function and technique alongside with their parallels in ...
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Abstract The article discusses the social status of finds from the Late Antiquity or Early Byzantine or also called Migration Period in todays Bulgarian lands. The finds are interpreted in respect of their function and technique alongside... more
Abstract The article discusses the social status of finds from the Late Antiquity or Early Byzantine or also called Migration Period in todays Bulgarian lands. The finds are interpreted in respect of their function and technique alongside with their parallels in ...