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The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian Epic

The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian Epic

Lellio, Anna Di
Elsie, Robert

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryEastern European History

ISBN10: 1848850948
ISBN13: 9781848850941
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jul 15 2009
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.74
Language: Albanian

The Battle of Kosovo of 1389 holds enormous significance in the formation of modern Balkan nation states, especially among South Slav and Serbian nationalist circles. What has given this single battle such resonance, even more than six centuries later, and what does it reveal about the complex tangle of identity in the contemporary Balkans. Robert Elsie's beautiful new translation brings a little-known Albanian epic account of the battle between the Ottoman Sultan Murat I and a coalition of Balkan forces brilliantly to life. The fantastic tale of Murat's campaign in Kosovo and his assassination by the Albanian knight Millosh Kopiliq is more often presented from the Serb perspective, which extols particularly the valor of the Serbian knight Milos Obilic. By proposing an alternative narrative, The Battle of Kosovo 1389 offers a more nuanced understanding of this powerful myth of nationalism and belonging.

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