Medieval South Slavs and Bulgarians

[Saxon with a Seax]

Just wondering of anyone had any good pictures or information on South Slavs (like the Serbs) or Bulgarians (not their nomadic Bulgar ancestors/cousins) anywhere from the  first Slavic migrations into the Balkans to Ottoman takeover. Thanks and please excuse me if I made any mistakes in this post 

 

[matmohair1]

hope these help...
(Balkans and Eastern Europe)

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http://****-k.narod.ru/Historical_Arts/Hungarian_Warriors/Hungarian_warriors_03.jpg
http://****-k.narod.ru/Historical_Arts/Hungarian_Warriors/Hungarian_warriors_05.jpg
http://****-k.narod.ru/Historical_Arts/Hungarian_Warriors/Hungarian_warriors_06.jpg
http://****-k.narod.ru/Historical_Arts/Byzantine_Armies_2/Byzantine_Armies_2_5.jpg
http://****-k.narod.ru/Historical_Arts/Hungarian_Warriors/Hungarian_warriors_07.jpg
http://****-k.narod.ru/Historical_Arts/Hungarian_Warriors/Hungarian_warriors_08.jpg
http://****-k.narod.ru/Historical_Arts/Byzantine_Armies_2/Byzantine_Armies_2_7.jpg

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Croatia and Hungary  (click to enlarge)

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[Captured Joe]

Very cool, thanks!

 

[NikeBG]

For pictures of the Bulgarians, you can also check this illustrated book (post-Bulgar Bulgarians start from page 2), though this pic from page 1 f.e. depicts an early Bulgar heavy cavalryman and Slavic light footman. Keep in mind, though, that there are solitary images of foreign troops in there as well - a Magyar, Byzantine, Cuman on the left, Crusader (Flemish knight from the 4th crusade), Mongols, Turks and more Crusaders (Nikopol, 1396). Btw, on the more "entertaining" side, the same account also has a couple of children's illustrated history books and even some historical comic books (with an English translation for the medieval series; I just love the Slavic Scotsman in the Tervel book ), if you're interested.

P.S. Bulgarians are South Slavs as well, even if they weren't Yugoslavs (though there were several plans for such a union).

 

[Saxon with a Seax]

P.S. Bulgarians are South Slavs as well, even if they weren't Yugoslavs (though there were several plans for such a union).
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Oh, I thought that Yugoslav was a term for all South Slavs and the Bulgarians didn't join Yugoslavia mainly because of too much influence from the Bulgars to really by Yugoslavs, but thanks for correcting me. I have an interest in the Slavic people but I can't find much on them in books from local bookstores and libraries and I sometimes have trouble paying attention on the internet 
Anyway thanks for correcting me

 

[NikeBG]

Well, basically, the Slavs are divided in three main groups - Eastern (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), Western (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia) and Southern [Yugoslavia indeed means "South-Slavia", although it didn't incorporate all South Slavs]. The Macedonians and the Bulgarians form the Eastern part of the Southern Slavs (and their South Slavic language is thus somewhat closer to the East Slavic languages, i.e. it's easier for me to understand Russian than Czech*), while the Serbs, Bosnians and Croatians form the Western part and, respectively, most of the former Yugoslavia (and I've heard from Serbs they understand Czech easier than Russian). I'm personally not sure whether Slovenia is considered South or West Slavic though.
*Note, though, that Macedonian, as well as the Shoppish dialect in Western Bulgarian (Torlakian in Eastern Serbia) are themselves transitionary between these Eastern South-Slavic and Western South-Slavic languages, as they're located in the zone where Bulgarian and Serbian influence each other (thus they're somewhat more melodic, IMO, than literary Bulgarian, but not quite as melodic as Serbian, Croatian etc).

Otherwise, if you have any questions (specific or general), feel free to ask - I'm mostly versed in medieval Bulgarian history, naturally, but there's enough other (South) Slavs here as well, who can cover the other regions.

 

[Saxon with a Seax]

Ok Makes sense.
Thanks

 

[Liathbeanna]

I'm personally not sure whether Slovenia is considered South or West Slavic though.

Slovenian people are considered as South Slavic, but their language bear many similarities (Only heard, I don't speak any Slavic languages.) to West Slavic languages such as Czech and Slovakian languages due to the closeness of these countries.

 

[kurczak]

Slovenian sounds and reads only ever so slightly more comprehensible than the rest of the South Slavic languages, to my Czechoslovak ears and eyes. Definitely has a strong and distinct Southern feel to it. Definitely not Western. Even though they are the northernmost South Slavs, there wasn't much interaction between them and us as the evil Austro-Hungaro-Romanian conspiracy penetrated Slavic defenses and separated the poor Southerners from the Motherland.