Aspects of the Balkans: Continuity and Change : Contributions to the International Balkan Conference Held at UCLA, October 23–28, 1969

## PREFATORY NOTE remarks (see Epilogue), the Conference was conceived as primarily focusing on some of the main junctures in Balkan history and, in doing so, adopting an approach in terms of topical rather than ethnic divisions. Yet the editors are keenly aware that certain geographic areas of the Balkans, notably Rumania and Albania, have received relatively less attention than what might seem justified by their role in Balkan history. This slight imbalance is due to difficulties in securing the participation of first-rate scholars in the special fields of Rumanian and Albanian studies rather than to any implicit prejudice. It is nonetheless hoped that the overall coverage of this volume will be deemed impressive in scope and significant in substance. Our sincere thanks go to a number of persons who have been helpful in making arrangements for the UCLA Conference as well as in preparing the publication of this volume. In particular, the editors wish to express their appreciation to Mrs. Lucille Liets, Administrative Assistant of the Russian and East European Studies Center, UCLA, and her staff. Two grants, from the James B. Duke Endowment Fund and the Committee on International and Comparative Studies, made available to the Center by the UCLA Administration toward defraying the costs of the Conference and the publication of its proceedings, are herewith gratefully acknowledged. Prefatory Note Contents The Neolithic Cultures of the Balkan Peninsula The Earliest Ethnological Situation of the Balkan Peninsula as Evidenced by Linguistic and Onomastic Data Balkan Slavic Migrations in the Light of South Slavic Dialectology The Status of Turkisms in the Present-Day Balkan Languages Town and Country in the Byzantine Possessions of the Balkan Peninsula During the Later Period of the Empire Le Problème De La Continuité Dans L'histoire De La Bulgarie Médiévale Religious Changes and Patterns in the Balkans, 14th-16th Centuries Aspects De La Peinture Religieuse Dans Les Balkans (1300-1500) Nachleben Byzantinischer Traditionen In Der Moschee Murads II. In Edirne A Byzantine Ars Nova: The 14th-Century Reforms of John Koukouzeles in the Chanting of Great Vespers Greek Religious Texts During the Ottoman Period Byzantine Tradition Transformed: The Old Serbian Vita The Balkans and Ottoman Sources — Ottoman Sources and the Balkans The Effect of the Turkish Conquest on Balkan Epic Tradition Process and Structure in Traditional Storytelling in the Balkans: Some Preliminary Remarks The Ottoman Decline and Its Effects Upon the Reaya Die Patriarchale Altkultur Und Der Weg Zur Neukultur Parallel Developments in the Poetry of the South Slavs (Late 19th and Early 20th Century) Nationalism and Communism in Yugoslavia: An Attempt at Synthesis Balkan Demographic Trends and Population Heartlands Epilogue

Die Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) ist eine der ältesten undrenommiertesten internationalen Buchreihen zur neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Seit 1923 publiziert sie wegweisende Forschungsarbeiten zum frühen Christentum und angrenzenden Themengebieten. Die Reihe ist historisch-kritisch verankert und steht neuen methodischen Ansätzen, die unser Verständnis des Neuen Testaments befördern, gleichfalls offen gegenüber.

Greek Religious Texts During The Ottoman Period / Basil Laourdas, P. 230-242. Ed. By Henrik Birnbaum And Speros Vryonis Jr. English, French, Or German. Includes Bibliographical References.