Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to GenocideHurst, 1999 - 233 pages 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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... King Milutin ( reigned 1282–1321 ) , for example , a child of two saints- King Stefan Uroš I and his wife , Jelena — and a saint himself , had his son - the future King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski , a saint in his own right - blinded ...
... King Milutin ( reigned 1282–1321 ) , for example , a child of two saints- King Stefan Uroš I and his wife , Jelena — and a saint himself , had his son - the future King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski , a saint in his own right - blinded ...
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... King was also slashed with sabres . The conspirators then dragged the King and Queen into the front apartment and threw them over the balcony upon the lawn in front of the palace .... The King and Queen lived between one and two hours ...
... King was also slashed with sabres . The conspirators then dragged the King and Queen into the front apartment and threw them over the balcony upon the lawn in front of the palace .... The King and Queen lived between one and two hours ...
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... king himself had translated , was one mani- festation of his intention to free Serbia from the burden of its heritage . An important reason that the king's good intentions did not bear more fruit was his country's militant anti ...
... king himself had translated , was one mani- festation of his intention to free Serbia from the burden of its heritage . An important reason that the king's good intentions did not bear more fruit was his country's militant anti ...
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Dinaric Highlanders and Their Songs | 45 |
The Dilemmas of Modern Serbian | 69 |
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