THE KOSOVO HUB
THE KOSOVO HUB
Author(s): Bojan JovanovićContributor(s): Angelina ČANKOVIĆ POPOVIĆ (Translator)
Subject(s): Cultural history, Diplomatic history, Political history, Social history, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Kosovo and Metohija; Serbian ethnic territory; cultural identity; national consciousness; Albanian population; Arbanasi; Šiptari/Shqiptarët; occupation; Battle of Kosovo 1389; fall of Serbian medieval state 1459; Ottoman rule; colonization;
Summary/Abstract: As the area was formed as part of an integrated Serbian ethnic, cultural and spiritual territory, Kosovo and Metohija have within such entity gained an exceptional significance for the national consciousness and cultural identity of the Serbs. Under unfavourable historical circumstances, the area became the target of the aggressive Albanian population, that is, Arbanasi – as it used to be called, or Šiptari/Shqiptarët – as it named itself, which, siding with the occupying forces, gradually took it over and suppressed the Serbs.
Journal: Literary Links of Matica srpska
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 4-5
- Page Range: 210-218
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
