school
Pliska Literary School
886–893
attested. The disciples' reception is attested (Life of Clement). 'Pliska Literary School' is a modern label and its separation from Preslav is debated.
When Methodius's disciples were expelled from Moravia after 885, Boris I received them at his capital Pliska and organised Slavonic teaching and translation. In 893 the capital and the literary centre moved to Preslav.
Place: Pliska · On the map
People
- Boris I of Bulgaria (baptised 864/865)
- Clement, Naum and Angelarius (disciples of Methodius, arrived 886)
Manuscripts made here
Early Slavonic liturgical texts (no securely dated Pliska manuscript survives)
Kept now: none identified