Eric D. Halsey Dec 31, 2020 4 min 128 The Apostle This episode covers the momentous and tragic events of 1872 and early 1873 as the Bulgarian Central Revolutionary Committee attempts to r...
Eric D. Halsey Dec 30, 2020 5 min 127 The Exarch While more focus is generally put on published writings, we discuss the role of theater in Bulgarian culture during the mid 19th century....
Eric D. Halsey Nov 30, 2020 5 min 126 An Exarchate and An Empire Even as the Ottoman government finally steps in to grant Bulgarians their own church, the issue remains far from resolved. Meanwhile, war...
Eric D. Halsey Nov 26, 2020 6 min 125 Bloody Buzludzha As an experienced and well led band of cheta revolutionaries enters Bulgaria, what will they find? In this episode Bulgaria's revolutiona...
Eric D. Halsey Oct 27, 2020 4 min 124 Time of The Cheti After years of writing, planning, and organizing, it's finally time for Georgi Rakovski to send bands of cheti into Bulgaria to begin sti...
Eric D. Halsey Oct 26, 2020 3 min 123 Alliances, Confederations, and Empires As Bulgarian revolutionaries prepare for greater action against the Ottomans, the Austro-Prussian War sends Europe into a tailspin, remak...
Eric D. Halsey Sep 24, 2020 2 min 122 The "Model" Vilayet As Midhat Pasha takes over the newly formed Danube Vilayet intent on modernizing and transforming it into a model for the Empire, far off...
Eric D. Halsey Sep 24, 2020 1 min 121 Travel in 19th Century Bulgaria This special episode is based on Marco Sholler's new book “This Unknown Land, how Geographers, Pharmacists, Novelists, Plant Hunters, War...
Eric D. Halsey Aug 31, 2020 4 min 120 Drawing Lines As Russia tries to position itself to set up a final agreement between advocates for an independent Bulgarian church and the Patriarchate...
Eric D. Halsey Aug 27, 2020 5 min 119 Mutually Assured Excommunication As the battle between supporters of an independent Bulgarian church and the Patriarchate heats up, the Uniate church becomes an even bigg...
