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Preslav Literary School

The Preslav Literary School (Pliska Literary School) was the first literary school in the medieval Bulgarian Empire

Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
. It was established by Boris I

Boris I of Bulgaria

Boris I or sometimes Boris-Mihail , also known as Bogoris was the ruler of Bulgaria 852–889. At the time of his baptism in 864, Boris was named Michael after his godfather, Emperor Michael III....
in 885

885

Events...
or 886

886

Events...
in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Pliska

Pliska is the name of both the first capital of Danube Bulgaria and a small town which was renamed after the historical Pliska after its site was determined and excavations began....
. In 893

893

This article refers to the year 893. The number 893 can also refer to Japanese traditional organized crime groups, Yakuza.EventsBy Place...
, Simeon I

Simeon I of Bulgaria

Simeon I the Great ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927, during the First Bulgarian Empire. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantine Empire, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern Europe....
moved the seat of the school from Pliska to the new capital, Preslav

Preslav

Preslav was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 to 972 and one of the most important cities of medieval Southeastern Europe. The ruins of the city are situated in modern northeastern Bulgaria, some 20 kilometres southwest of the regional capital of Shumen, and are currently a national archaeological reserve....
.

The Preslav Literary School was the most important literary and cultural centre of Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Preslav

Byzantine Empire

972

972 was a year in the 10th century....
.

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The Preslav Literary School (Pliska Literary School) was the first literary school in the medieval Bulgarian Empire

Bulgaria

Boris I of Bulgaria

885

Events...
or 886

886

Events...
in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Pliska

Pliska is the name of both the first capital of Danube Bulgaria and a small town which was renamed after the historical Pliska after its site was determined and excavations began....
. In 893

893

This article refers to the year 893. The number 893 can also refer to Japanese traditional organized crime groups, Yakuza.EventsBy Place...
, Simeon I

Simeon I of Bulgaria

Preslav

Bulgaria

Preslav

Byzantine Empire

972

972 was a year in the 10th century....
. A number of prominent Bulgarian writers and scholars worked at the school, including Naum of Preslav (until 893

893

This article refers to the year 893. The number 893 can also refer to Japanese traditional organized crime groups, Yakuza.EventsBy Place...
), Constantine of Preslav

Constantine of Preslav

Constantine of Preslav was a medieval History of Bulgaria scholar, writer and translator, one of the most important men of letters working at the Preslav Literary School at the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century....
, John Exarch

John Exarch

John Exarch was a medieval History of Bulgaria scholar, writer and translator, one of the most important men of letters working at the Preslav Literary School at the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century....
, Chernorizets Hrabar

Chernorizets Hrabar

Chernorizets Hrabar was a monk, scholar and writer in First Bulgarian Empire who worked at the Preslav Literary School at the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century, though some argue in favor of different time periods....
, etc. The school was also a centre of translation, mostly of Byzantine

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
authors, as well as of poetry, painting and painted ceramics.

The school is very likely to have had a key role in the development of the Cyrillic alphabet

Cyrillic alphabet

The Cyrillic alphabet is a family of alphabets, subsets of which are used by five Slavic languages national languages as well as non-Slavic . It is also used by many other languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia and other languages in the past....
as the earliest datable Cyrillic inscriptions have been found in the area of Preslav

Preslav

Preslav was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 to 972 and one of the most important cities of medieval Southeastern Europe. The ruins of the city are situated in modern northeastern Bulgaria, some 20 kilometres southwest of the regional capital of Shumen, and are currently a national archaeological reserve....
: in the medieval city itself, at nearby Patleina Preslav School scriptoria

Scriptorium

Scriptorium, literally "a place for writing", is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European monasteries devoted to the copying of manuscripts by monastic scribes....
were scattered over much of present-day northeastern Bulgaria, including churches and monasteries at Preslav (remains of 25 churches have been found there), Pliska, Patleina, Khan Krum, Chernoglavtsi (all in present-day Shumen Province

Shumen Province

Shumen is a province in northeastern Bulgaria. Its main city is Shumen, and other municipalities are Hitrino, Kaolinovo, Kaspichan, Nikola Kozlevo, Novi Pazar, Bulgaria, Smyadovo, Varbitsa, Veliki Preslav, and Venets....
), Ravna, Varna, and Murfatlar in Dobruja

Dobruja

Dobruja, or Dobrudja , is a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, including the Danube Delta, Romanian coast and the northernmost part of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast....
(now in Romania).

Preslav Literary School

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