Travels in Southeastern Europe

The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.

24 THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. unwilling; and being desirous of more freedom in ecclesiastical matters than the Greeks were disposed to allow him, he sent an envoy to Pope Nicholas with I05 questions on Christianity and a request to be allowed a Bulgarian Archbishop. The Pope gave no definite answer anent the Archbishop, but solved the other difficulties. When I was at Ochrida two recurred to me very forcibly. 'When a thief was arrested and lied, it was our custom to hit him on the head with a stick, and poke him in the side with an iron spike till he spoke the truth. What must we do now? ' 'You must not do this. His evidence must be voluntary.' 'Before we were Christians we used to find a certain stone, parts of which we used to give to sick folk. Some were cured and some were not. What must we do with the stone now? ' 'Throw it away.' Customs die hard in the Balkan Peninsula. Turkish officers still extract evidence by methods condemned in the ninth century, and local medicine has not advanced in any marked degree. Boris obtained his Archbishop later from the Greeks, and in spite of waverings not a few, and many efforts on the part of many Popes, both Serb and Bulgar have to this day remained faithful to the Orthodox Church-a fact which has had a strong influence on the fate of the Balkans. Boris established Bulgaria. His son and successor, Simeon, led it to glory, and the Bulgarian patriot of
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The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.
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Durham, Mary Edith, 1863-1944.
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London :: Nelson,
[1905]
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Eastern question (Balkan)
Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel.

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