by admin | Oct 27, 2023 | rulers, Uncategorized
The first known Bosnian ban by name to appear in diplomatic documents, whose reign can be roughly outlined, and which also marked a new period in the Bosnian medieval past, was Ban Borić (1153-1163). Historiography drew sources on Borić from the writings of John...
by admin | Oct 27, 2023 | Featured, rulers, Uncategorized
The turning point of Bosnian emergence and recognition at the regional and European level is the reign of Ban Kulin (1180-1204). Based on his appearance and disappearance in the source material, it is difficult to determine the time period of his reign. Although Kulin...
by admin | Oct 27, 2023 | rulers, Uncategorized
After the death of Ban Kulin, the unknown Ban Stjepan is mentioned with the title of ban. Information about his reign is preserved in three letters from Pope Gregory IX dated August 8, 1236. According to the first letter, the pope took under his protection Sibislav,...
by admin | Oct 27, 2023 | rulers, Uncategorized
Ban Matej Ninoslav is first mentioned in sources in 1233 as a Hungarian vassal and a Catholic who renounced the heretical teachings of his predecessors. At the beginning of the new ban’s rule, the situation in Bosnia was very complicated. News reached Rome that the...
by admin | Dec 8, 2023 | Foreign 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...
