Foreign sources about medieval Bosnia
The First Mention of Samobor in Written Sources
Samobor is a fortified town on the right bank of the Drina River, downstream from Goražde. It belonged to the county of Pribud and was the residential place of the Bosnian noble family Kosača. The earliest preserved mention of Samobor in historical sources comes from...
News of the Election of the New Bosnian King Stjepan Tomaš
In early December 1443, an envoy from the Bosnian court arrived in Ragusa to inform the local authorities that Tomaš had been elected as the new king in Bosnia. He ruled the Bosnian state from this period until 1461. The image depicts the decision of the Ragusan Great...
Information on Counterfeiting Money in Medieval Bosnia
In early December 1429, the Ragusan authorities complained to the Bosnian king Tvrtko II and considered filing complaints with Duke Sandalj Hranić regarding the minting and use of counterfeit money in Bosnia. On the side: “Pro monetis que falsificanter stronzanter in...
Decision on Allowing Queen Katarina to Come to Ragusa
Immediately after the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia, Queen Katarina, the wife of the penultimate Bosnian king Stjepan Tomaš, sought options for relocation following the collapse of the state. One of the options was the territory of the Republic of Ragusa, with which her...
The First Record of the Herzog Title of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
The assumption of the title of Herzog by Stjepan Vukčić Kosača is still an insufficiently clarified issue in historiography. Historians do not agree on whether this title was granted to Stjepan Vukčić by some ruler or if he bestowed it upon himself. In October 1448,...