Question
Supposed Bosnian sympathy for this religious sect was Hungary’s explanation for an invasion of the Bosnian Banate (“BAN-ate”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this dualistic sect founded by a priest whose adopted name means “dear to God.” Alexios I Komnenos ordered a member of this sect named Basil the Physician to be burned at the stake in Constantinople.
ANSWER: Bogomilism [or Bogomils; or Bogumilstvo]
[10h] This ruler’s namesake legal code penalized the Bogomils and built upon Matthew Blastares’s (“blah-STAR-ays’s”) Syntagma Canonum (“KUH-noh-num”). The “Alemannic Guard” mercenaries led by Palman helped this ruler overthrow his father.
ANSWER: Stefan Dušan (“DOO-shahn”) of Serbia [Stefan Dušan the Mighty; Stefan Dušan the Great, Stefan Dušan the Strong, or Dušan Silni; or Stefan Uroš IV of Serbia; accept Stephen in place of “Stefan”; accept Dushan in place of “Dušan”; prompt on Stefan or Stephen; prompt on Uroš]
[10e] Stefan Dušan came to power shortly after he and his father won the Battle of Velbazhd (“VELL-bahjd”) over these people’s Second Empire. The Byzantine emperor Basil II ended their First Empire by winning the Battle of Kleidion.
ANSWER: Bulgars [or Bulgari; accept Bulgarians; accept Bulgarian Empire or First Bulgarian Empire or Balgarskо tsarstvo; accept Second Bulgarian Empire or Vtorо balgarskо tsarstvo; accept Basil the Bulgar-slayer or Basil II Bulgaroktonos]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 18 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
Data
| Cornell A | Imperial A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WUSTL A | Yale B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Iowa State A | Chicago B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Chicago C | MIT A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Purdue A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Florida A | South Carolina A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins A | Virginia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Chicago A | Minnesota A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Texas A | Ohio State A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Florida B | Penn State A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Harvard A | Rutgers A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| WUSTL B | Rutgers B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cornell B | Stanford A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Illinois A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan A | Duke A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Indiana A | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| McGill A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Claremont A | Northwestern A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |