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The Tarnovo Artistic Schools

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Under the direct patronage of the Shishman Dynasty, the nation has undergone a spectacular cultural growth, positioning itself as a true Third Rome and the primary guardian of Orthodox high culture. By funding the reconstruction of the Patriarchal Cathedral and the royal palaces of Tsarevets, the state has gathered a new generation of master iconographers, hagiographers, and architects who blend traditional Byzantine aesthetics with a unique, emotive Bulgarian realism. This school of thought does not merely produce religious icons; it serves as a powerful instrument of imperial propaganda, codifying the Bulgarian recension of Church Slavonic and producing the Manasses Chronicle to legitimize the Tsar's claim to the Byzantine heritage.

RequiresRenaissanceAdvancerequires

Conditions

Potential

Is or was Bulgaria

Exact conditions

Advance tree

1. Renaissance
2. The Tarnovo Artistic Schools

Modifiers

• Cultural Tradition+20%
• Max Literacy+5%

Connections

Requires 2

Advances

• RenaissanceRenaissanceRequires

Countries

• BulgariaPotential

Belongs to 1

• RenaissanceAge

Definitionin_game/common/advances/country_bul.txt:94

age = age_2_renaissance

icon = protestant_sunday_schools

▾potential = {

has_or_had_tag = BUL

}

cultural_tradition_modifier = 0.2

global_max_literacy = 5

requires = renaissance_advance

History