 After the Ottoman conquest of Bulgaria in the 14th century, Lyaskovets, together with the neighbouring villages of Gorna Oryahovitsa, Dolna Oryahovitsa and Arbanasi, was formally regarded as autonomous (i.e.not part of the rayah) according to a 1538 decree of Selim II.Though this was confirmed by later decrees, such as one by Mahmud II in 1810, Lyaskovets () developed as a centre of revolutionary activity, and three armed uprisings set off from the monastery in the 18th and 19th century.