Omschrijving
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.
Stefan Rohdewald, Ph.D. (2005), University of Zurich, is Professor (Chair for Eastern and Southeastern European History) at the University of Leipzig. He has published monographs and many articles on the area, most recently focusing on its "Transottoman" entanglements with the Middle East.