Summary
Spiridon Gopčević: Old Serbia and Macedonia
In the work Old Serbia and Macedonia Spiridon Gopčević describes in detail the population of the area from Skopje to Thessaloniki, from Priština to Verija, the customs of the Serbian people in that area, conversations with the local population, confessions of Serbs and Cincars; the opening of Bulgarian gymnasiums for the "literacy" of the Serbian population, renunciation of the celebration of baptism; and Islamization, greening, Bulgarianization and Albanianization...
The first part of the book contains a travelogue, and the second part deals with the Serbian-Bulgarian dispute over Macedonia and Old Serbia. It presents the history of Serbian-Bulgarian rivalry, the language of Macedonians and Old-Serbians, their customs, way of life, folk songs, etc...
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