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Interpretacija Kinewaldova kriti;kog iydanja Bilinopoljske izjave
Interpretation of Kinewald's Critical Edition of Bilinopolje Declaration

Author(s): Pejo Ćošković
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institut za istoriju
Keywords: Bilinopila Declaration; interpretation

Summary/Abstract: The Declaration that Bosnian Christians (krstjani) issued on 8th April 1203 at Bilino Polje nearby the River Bosna (today the area of the town of Zenica) represents an exceptionally important document that testifies the development of the Church affairs in the medieval Bosnian Church by the end of XII and the beginning of XIII century. Some of the researchers and experts on this issue are prone to seen this document Bosnian Christians and their Church as known by the original documents of the XIV and XV centuries, while the others are – not without reason - much more cautious. The basic issue - who were the Bilino Polje Christians? - was approached by Kniewald with the conviction that they were the followers of neo-Manichean heresy, just like Kathars and Patharens.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 75-117
  • Page Count: 43
  • Language: Croatian