The battle of Kosovo and Kosovo

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On 28 June 1389 a famous battle took place at Gazimestan, leaving a lasting impression on the collective memory of the Serbs. The death of both rulers on the battlefield, the fierceness of the battle and the extent of military sacrifice on both sides left a strong impression not only on the contemporaries on both sides, but also on others far from the Serbian and Turkish borders. Both slain rulers were proclaimed martyrs,indicating the religious and inter-civilizational character of the battle, as seen by its contemporaries.

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[...] Under these circumstances, there appeared and survived living oral and 1 &.TRIFUNOVIÇ, Srpski sredqovekovni spisi o knezu Lazaru i kosovskom boju, Kruèevac 1968 ; B. BOJOVIÇ, “Geneza kosovske ideje u prvim postkosovskim hagiografsko-istorijskim spisima. Ogled iz istorije ideja srpskog sredqeg veka” - Genese der Kosovo-idee in den ersten postkosovoer hagiographisch-historischen Schriften. Versuch aus der Ideengeschichte des Serbischen Mittelalters”, in Kosovska bitka 1389 i qene posledice - Die Schlacht auf dem Amselfeld 1389 und ihre Folgen, Belgrade - Düsseldorf 1991, p. [...]

[...] l'Empire ottoman, les métaux précieux des Balkans (XVe-XVIe Annales : Histoire, Sciences Sociales, novembre-décembre 2005, p. 1277- "Само због овога стања историја Албанаца захтева посебно истраживање. Осетљиви када je y питању страст према „сабљи, везовима y злату, почастима“, једино као војници напуштају њихове планине.У XV веку, они ce налазе на Кипру, y Венецији, y Мантови, y Риму, y Напуљу, на Сицилији, ма све до Мадрида где ће изложити своје намере и своје јадиковке, тражити тоне барута или годинама издржавање, арогантни, бахати, увек спремни да ce потуку. [...]

[...] LUKIC, L'agonie yougoslave (1986-2003). Les Etats-Unis et l'Europe face aux guerres balikaniques, Les Presses de l'Université Laval p. 43-144 ; P. de BOIS, L'Union européenne et le naufrage de la Yougoslavie (1991-1995) Relation internationale 104, Genève 2000, p. 477-480; Y. BROSSARD, J. VIDAL, L'éclatement de la Yougoslavie de Tito (1980-1995), Désintégration d'une fédération et guerres interethniques, Paris 2001, p. 43- contemporary Europe to some extent, Serbia was one the first countries in Europe and the rest of the world which introduced universal suffrage, initiated a land reform and had a relatively developed parliamentary system, in addition to significant non-governmental institutions, foundations and other similar institutions. [...]

[...] At that time, the Byzantine-Serbian border was still in northern Kosovo with its fortified border town of Zvečan. After 1489, another important and great battle also took place in Kosovo, in 1448, when the Crusader army under the command of the Hungarian king's deputy Janos Hunyadi, suffered a heavy defeat at hands of the Turks16. The betrayal of the Christian camp by Wallachian Duke Dan had a decisive impact on the outcome. The Serbia of Despot Djurdje Branković, which had just been liberated from the first Turkish occupation (1439-1444), remained on the sidelines, although the war was waged on its territory. [...]

[...] Svedočenje iz vrha državne bezbednosti, Pharos, Beograd pp Over the centuries, the anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo of 1389 has been marked not as the celebration of the defeat, as this event is sometimes wrongly interpreted. On the contrary, it has been an incentive and inspiration for new exploits, creation, the struggle for victory over dishonour, hope over hopelessness, faith over little faith, courage over apathy. This is how it has been experienced and understood, as an incentive and challenge of life and history, peace and war, creation and destruction, whereby success can be achieved by overcoming a failure, until victory after defeat, until joy after grief, until resurrection that is not possible without death, until the change of mind and correction, which are impossible without repentance. [...]