An edition of The Serbs
(2004)
The Serbs
by Sima M. Ćirković
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xxix, 322 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Table of Contents
List of Plates … viii
List of Maps … x
Preface and Acknowledgements … xi
Introduction: Time, Space, and People … xvi
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1. ANCIENT HERITAGE … 1
The Roman Provinces … 1
Settlement of the Slavs … 7
Sclavinias … 10
Christianization … 15
The Theme of Serbia and the Principality of Serbia …20
The Coastal Principalities … 24
The Town of Ras and Raška Land … 29
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2. THE DYNASTY OF SACRED ROOTS … 34
Nemanja’s Legacy … 34
Independent Kingdom … 38
The Autocephalous Archbishopric … 40
Stability Put to the Test … 46
Two Kingdoms … 49
Economic Development … 52
Dynastic Ideal and Reality … 58
The Empire … 63
Land of the Emperor and Land of the King … 67
Unfinished Society … 71
Rift within the Dynasty … 75
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3. BETWEEN THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT … 77
The New Lords and the End of the Dynasty … 77
Transfer of the Kingdom to Bosnia … 80
The Battle of Kosovo – Reality and Myth … 82
The Consequences … 85
The Despot and His Land … 87
The Restless Littoral … 91
Economic Progress … 93
Continuity as an Ideal … 96
The Burden of Double Vassalage … 101
A Chronicle of Demise … 105
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4. THE SULTAN’S PROTECTED SUBJECTS … 111
The Old and the New … 111
Flight, Migration, and Settlement … 115
The Orientalization of Towns: Varos and Kasaba … 120
Economic Life … 126
Clans and Clan Society … 129
The Church in Slavery … 133
From Submission to Rebellion … 140
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5. THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN CHRISTIAN SOCIETY … 146
A New State Framework … 146
Extending and Reorganizing the Framework … 151
Peasants and Citizens, Soldiers and Nobles … 157
Christian Education … 162
The Beginning of Europeanization … 167
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6. THE ERA OF DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONS
“The Serbian Revolution” … 176
Imposed Revolution … 183
From Princely Autonomy to Autonomous Principality … 190
The Serbs and Serbia in the Revolution of 1848 … 196
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7. NATIONAL STATE: FOR AND AGAINST … 204
Changes in Reality and Changes in Ideas … 204
Ruling Nation … 211
National Minority … 217
In the Center of the Great Eastern Crisis (1875-8) … 221
Diverging Paths of Development … 226
Constitution and Parliament Put to the Test … 237
Times of War … 243
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8. ALL THE SERBS IN ONE STATE … 252
Between Unitarian Ideal and Pluralist Reality … 252
Yugoslavia Decreed … 261
Death and Resurrection … 269
Reconstruction and Development … 274
Modernization through Socialism … 279
Epilogue: Breakup of the Federation and the Struggle for a National State … 288
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Select Bibliography … 297
Index … 301
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-300) and index. Translated from the Serbo-Croat.
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