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The medieval Serbian army was well known for its strength and was among the strongest in the Balkans before the Ottoman Empire's expansion. Prior to the 14th century, the army consisted of European-style noble cavalry armed with bows and lances (replaced with crossbows in the 14th century) and infantry armed with spears, javelins and bows.
All men, women and children in the town killed with swords and the town razed and burned to the ground by royal army under prince Louis. [5] Labécède massacre 1227: Labécède: Unknown Crusaders Men killed and Cathar Perfect burnt to death by Crusader forces of Humbert V de Beaujeu: Moissac massacre 1234: Moissac: 210 Papal Inquisition
Remains of Ras, medieval capital of Serbia (12th-13th century) Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Dečani, built in the 14th century Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Gračanica. The medieval period in the history of Serbia began in the 6th century with the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe, [1] and lasted until the Ottoman conquest of Serbian lands in the second half of the 15th century. [2]
Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) Bulgarian-Serbian War (1290) Kingdom of Serbia: Bulgarian Empire: Defeat Bulgarian-Serbian War (1291) Kingdom of Serbia: Bulgarian Empire: Victory War of Hum (1326–1329) Kingdom of Serbia: Banate of Bosnia: Defeat Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330) Kingdom of Serbia: Bulgarian Empire: Victory Serbian Empire (1346–1371)
Medieval Serbia 1352: Branko Rastislalić, Lord of Podunavlje and Domestikos under King Stefan Dušan: Assassinated at Upper Drina on the orders of Vuk Kosača. 1359: Vuk Kosača, magnate and nobleman Killed or ordered so by a member of the Rastislalić family. Ottoman period 1804: 72 notable Serbs Dahije: Slaughter of the Knezes: 1815
The Ottoman army was much smaller, Byzantine Greek scholar Laonikos Chalkokondyles and different sources give the number of 800 up to 4,000 men, but due to most of the Serbian soldiers becoming intoxicated, Şâhin Şahin Paşa conducted a night raid on the Serbian camp, slaughtering a large part of the Serbian Army, killing King Vukašin and ...
The modern Serbian military dates back to the Serbian revolution which started in 1804 with the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman occupation of Serbia.The victories in the battles of Ivankovac (1805), Mišar (August 1806), Deligrad (December 1806) and Belgrade (November–December 1806), led to the establishment of the Principality of Serbia in 1817.
It occurred in 1364 between an expeditionary force of the Ottomans and a Serbian army that also included crusaders, led by king Louis I of Hungary, sent by the Pope. The Ottomans destroyed the Serbian army, which is why the battle was known as "sırp sındığı" (destruction of Serbs). The battle was the first attempt to throw the Ottomans ...