Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to GenocideHurst, 1999 - 233 страници Heavenly Serbia traces Serbia's expansionist impulses to Serbian national mythology. The dominant myth - that of "Heavenly Serbia" - appeared soon after the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. It attributed the Serb's defeat by the Turks and the loss of the medieval Serbian state to the Serb's preference for moral salvation over military victory. By emphasizing their commitment to the heavenly kingdom and promising an eventual restoration of the Serbian empire, this myth helped the Serbs to bear their centuries-long domination by a foreign power. Though they ultimately shed the Turkish yoke and regained statehood in the nineteenth century, the Serbs, according to Anzulovic, retained this central myth in the form of feelings of superiority to their neighbors, and a sense of destiny ordaining them to become the dominant power in the Balkans. The myth has been perpetuated by political and religious leaders, historians, novelists, and artists, and has found acceptance abroad as well. |
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... Sultan Murad I — were killed , and the Turkish army suffered losses so heavy that it could not continue the campaign and had to return home . Among the preserved sources from 1389 , not a single one speaks of a Turkish success , and the ...
... Sultan Murad I — were killed , and the Turkish army suffered losses so heavy that it could not continue the campaign and had to return home . Among the preserved sources from 1389 , not a single one speaks of a Turkish success , and the ...
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... sultan every year during the first thirteen years of his reign . In 1398 his soldiers participated in the first great Turkish invasion of Bosnia ; in 1402 he assisted Bayezid at the fatal battle of Angora with five thousand ( according ...
... sultan every year during the first thirteen years of his reign . In 1398 his soldiers participated in the first great Turkish invasion of Bosnia ; in 1402 he assisted Bayezid at the fatal battle of Angora with five thousand ( according ...
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... sultan's daughter Cumilla is interwoven into the main plot . The following verses about the sultan illustrate the poet's respect for the enemy : The truth I must write , let all hear it now , Although Sultan Suleiman was our enemy ...
... sultan's daughter Cumilla is interwoven into the main plot . The following verses about the sultan illustrate the poet's respect for the enemy : The truth I must write , let all hear it now , Although Sultan Suleiman was our enemy ...
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