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The Byzantine empire in the last two centuries of its existence had to rebuild itself after its conquest and dismemberment by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Its emperors in exile recovered Constantinople in 1261 and this book narrates their empire's struggles for survival from that date until its final conquest by Ottoman Turks in 1453. First published in 1972, the book has been completely revised to take account of recent scholarship. It remains the best synthesis of the political, ecclesiastical and historical events of the period.

Book Description:

Translations of Serbian oral poetry.

Table of Contents:

Publisher's Preface; Preface; Heroic Ballads Of Servia; Introduction; A Ballad Of Servia Before The Turkish Conquest; The Building Of Skadar ; Ballads Of KÓsovo Field; The Building Of RavÁnitsa; Ban Strahin; Tsar Lazar And TsÁritsa MÍlitsa; Fragments Of KÓsovo Ballads; The Battle Of KÓsovo; How Milosh Óbilich Slew The Sultan Murad; Musich Stevan; The Death Of The Mother Of The YÚgovichi; TsÁritsa MÍlitsa And VlÁdeta The VoÝvoda; The Maid Of KÓsovo; The Head Of Tsar Lazar; Ballads Of Marko KrÁlyevich; Urosh And The Sons Of MarnyÁva; Prince Marko And The vila; Prince Marko And The Sword Of VukÁshin; Prince Marko And The Eagle; The Marriage Of Prince Marko; Prince Marko And Alil Aga; Prince Marko And Mina Of Kostur; Prince Marko And Bey Kostadin; Prince Marko And The Daughter Of The Moorish King; Prince Marko's Plowing; Marko Drinks Wine In RamazÁn; The Death Of Marko KrÁlyevich; Ballads Of Servia Under Turkish Rule; The Maiden MÁrgita And Rayko The VoÝvoda ; How StarÍna Novak Became A Hayduk; StarÍna Novak And The Bold RÁdivoye; The Death Of ivo Of Senye ; The Marriage Of Stoyan YÁnkovich; The Captivity Of Stoyan YÁnkovich; A Montenegrin Ballad; The War Of The Montenegrins With Mahmud Pasha ; Ballads Without Historical Foundation; Predrag And Nenad; Sister And Brother; Muyo And Aliya; The Miracle Of St. Nicholas; The Serpent Bridegroom; The Wife Of Hasan Aga

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This sweeping history of the Serbian people starts with the settlement of the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula in the seventh century and ends with the dissolution of Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century.

• A comprehensive survey of the development of the Serbian nation.
  
• Provides the background history of the Serbs, essential to understanding their current situation.
  
• Traces the history of the Serbian people from the seventh through to the late twentieth century.
  
• Focuses on the process of integration and disintegration which have characterised Serbian history.
  
• Pays detailed attention to socio-economic history.

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Donald arrives in the Ottoman city of Prizren on the first day of NATO's bombing campaign and his mythic adventures begin. Blending history and today's geopolitics, his search for the origin of the Albanian language reveals the misconceptions of small wars in exotic places through his encounters with townspeople and isolated farmers, guerrillas and a Turkish fez-maker, British special forces and Ukrainian mercenaries.

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