Characteristics
The Tarnovo Literary School was influenced by the Byzantine literature. Its character was mainly religious. The main genre was Hagiography which included praising epistles, passionals, hymns and others. The main task for the authors of the passionals was to glorify the saints. There is stress on the element of miracles which is compulsory for that genre used by most of the writers, such as Evtimiy and Tsamblak. The attitude to the different heretic movements like Bogomilism, Varlaamism or Adamism is very hostile which mirrored the official position of the Tarnovo Patriarchate.
Stories for movement of saints' relics were very wide spread. There is no agreement whether these stories can be considered for sequels of the passionals or a separate genre. Along with the consolidation of the miraculous properties of the relics, the authors praised the rulers who took care of the movement and safe-keeping of the relics which always contain short but valuable historical information.
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