The territory and the settlements of the land Mačva during medieval period Cover Image

Teritorija i naselja zemlje Mačve u srednjem veku
The territory and the settlements of the land Mačva during medieval period

Author(s): Ana Vujković Šakanović
Subject(s): Cultural history, Middle Ages
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: Mačva; Bitva; Beljin; medieval settlements; land; district; Banat

Summary/Abstract: With this paper defines the territory and the scope that was belonged to the term of land Mačva, so as with the term of Banat of Mačva. As their borders were defined, this paper also established borders of the districts Mačva, Bitva and Beljin that were contained in the land of Mačva. Further were researched settlements in this region and these settlements were systematized in the molds of these districts and the land of Mačva during middle ages. There is special part of the paper that renew the effort of the ubiquation of these settlements in contemporary place, with using of comparison between medieval charters and Ottoman’s defter at the beginning of XVI century. With this method was made slightly improvements towards defining of the borders and settlements in Mačva’s Banat. There is also a humble attempt to ubiquate fortresses in this area, especially puzzling location of fortress Mačva that had given name to the whole region.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 159-177
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian