Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to GenocideNYU Press, 1999 M03 1 - 256 pages Traces Serbia's nationalist and expansionist impulses to the legendary battle of Kosovo in 1389 |
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... sultan. This condition lasted from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, during which time the Serbs assiduously cultivated myths of their great past and a great future. Like other countries that reemerged as sovereign nationstates ...
... Sultan Murad I during the Battle of Kosovo pretending that he wanted to become his vassal, but when he was granted an audience he pulled out a knife hidden in his clothes and slaughtered the Ottoman chief. Some versions of the legend ...
... For Marko holds of the Sultan, He fights and smites for the Turks, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wherefore with all my beauty should I be wife to a Turkish minion? Marko decides to punish Rosanda. In order to do so.
... sultan and being rewarded for it. This trait of the legendary Prince Marko reflects the behavior of his historical prototype, King Marko Mrnjavčević (1335?–94). The real Marko, who became king in 1371, was a Turkish vassal who put ...
... sultan customarily killed all the relatives who might challenge his position—provides additional evidence that a high level of violence at the top does not necessarily mean that the other strata of the society are equally violent. The ...
Contents
The Dilemmas of Modern Serbian National Identity | |
Pagan War | |
A Vicious Circle of Lies and Fears | |
The Outsiders MythCalculations | |
Conclusion | |