Radmilo B. Pekić
SETTLEMENTS AND POPULATION OF VRSINJE IN THE 14th AND 15th CENTURIES
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DOI: 10.34298/ZR9788677431600.P169
UDC: 911.37:908](497.6)”13/14”
pp. 169–204
language: english
Abstract:
Zupci are located in the south of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they border the municipality of Herceg Novi in Montenegro and Konavle in Croatia. In the Middle Ages, this region was called Vrsinje and belonged to Travunia, as did neighboring Dračevica and Konavle, which were sold to Dubrovnik in the 1420s. The medieval past of Vrsinje has not been fully examined in historical literature. This area is most often mentioned in the context of other topics. Vrsinje has remained in the shadow of its parent region, Travunia. Based on unpublished and published sources, this paper presents the settlements and population of Vrsinje, as well as the economic and social conditions during the 14th and 15th centuries, about which a rich written trace remains in Dubrovnik’s sources. The aim of this paper is to expand and complete existing knowledge about medieval Vrsinje by gathering and systematising scattered data.
Keywords:
Vrsinje, Zupci, Trebinje area, Middle Ages, Dubrovnik.
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