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	Battle of Kosovo - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Kosovo, Battle of, victory of the Ottoman army under Sultan Murad I over the Serbian army under King Lazar at Kosovo Polje (Serbian for “Field of...
		Kosovo is bounded on the south by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on the west by Albania, and on...
		Kosovo, Second Battle of, battle between the armies of the Ottoman Empire and a European coalition, fought in 1448 in the Kosovo region of Serbia....
	encarta.msn.com /Battle_of_Kosovo.html (114 words)

	Battle of Kosovo (1448) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Second Battle of Kosovo (Hungarian: második rigómezei csata) (October 17–October 20, 1448) was fought at Kosovo Polje between a Hungarian-led Catholic coalition under John Hunyadi against an Ottoman-led coalition under Sultan Murad II.
		The two-day battle in Kosovo saw both sides taking heavy casualties and left the Ottoman force in command of the field at the end of second day.
		This battle demonstrated that the Hungarian army with a big heavy cavalry attack was not able to defeat a regular Turkish army, repeated also in the battle of Mohacs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo_(1448) (627 words)

	Kosovo: History of a Balkan Hotspot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kosovo and settlements immediately to the north became the political and cultural heartland of the Serbians during this period.
		Following the death of Tito in 1980, the predominantly Albanian population of Kosovo commenced demonstrations aimed at forcing the Yugoslav Government to recognize the province as a federal republic on an equal footing with the six existing republics.
		Kosovo Polje (fields of Kosovo), site of the decisive battle between Serbian and Turkish forces in 1389, is of great national importance to Serbians, being frequently used as the location of national celebrations or political rallies.
	permanent.access.gpo.gov /lps16238/980600-kosovo-cia.htm (1571 words)

	Kosovo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The largely mountainous region includes the fertile valleys of Kosovo and Metohija and is drained by tributaries of the Morava (Velika Morava) and Drin rivers.
		Before the battle Milosh Obilich, a Serb, posing as a deserter, was taken into the tent of Murad, whom he stabbed to death; he was immediately slain, as was Prince Lazar of Serbia after being captured.
		The battle of Kosovo Field broke the power of Serbia and Bulgaria, which soon passed under Ottoman rule.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ko/Kosovo.html (641 words)

	Kosovo and Metohija
		Building continued in Kosovo in the fifteenth century, even after the defeat in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389; the monastery at Devic (+c.1430) is an example.
		Lazar died in battle and is popularly regarded as a martyr.
		Kosovo’s historic role as the cradle of the Serbian state, its epic poetry, and national memory were enshrined.
	www.kosovo.net /kosovo_history.html (9243 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Europe diary: Montenegro mood
		The issue of the 1389 battle of Kosovo is a typical case of 19th or 20th century-style propaganda.
		However the Battles of Kosovo have a certain place in the psyche of the Serbian people and this has resonated over the centuries, much like Culloden for the Scots, one has to feel some sympathy for the Serbs who must feel that even their friends are betraying them.
		Battle of Kosovo is not lost by the Serbs (in reply to Ned Flanders).
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/5012690.stm (8341 words)

	Battle of Kosovo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Battle of Kosovo Polje (Косовска битка or Битка на Косову) was fought on St.
		The battle started with Serbian noblemen and Lazar's son-in-law, General Vuk Branković, on one wing, Lazar in the centre, and Bosnian Duke Vlatko Vuković commanding the third wing of the Christian army.
		Although the battlefield result was essentially a draw, and there were two more battles fought before the Ottomans subdued all Serb ruled land, the Battle of Kosovo has a certain place in the psyche of Serbian people.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Battle_of_Kosovo (543 words)

	Battle of Kosovo by Seth Ward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The second Battle of Kosovo, in 1448, involved individuals still celebrated as national heroes in Hungary and even Albania, and was the last stepping stone on the way to Ottoman conquest of Constantinople and its domination of southeastern Europe until the twentieth century.
		The legend of Kosovo The strategic importance of the fall of Kosovo in 1389 may be debated; and the second battle is often entirely overlooked.
		But the importance of Kosovo in the national narrative of the Serbs and of most of the neighboring peoples is not based on merely on its actual historical significance, and cannot be underestimated.
	www.du.edu /~sward/kosovo.html (3836 words)

	The Wargamer - 1000 Years of War in Review
		Battle of Krbava Field on September 9th 1493 finds Bosnian Sandzak-beg Hadum Jakub-pasa with some 8000 Akinci's was returning from a pillage expedition to Styria and Croatian Zagorj.
		Battle of Verneuil (1424) is yet another loss for the combined forces of France and Scotland, this time at the hands of the Duke of Bedford.
		Edward of York again defeats Lancaster at the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross (1461), but is defeated at the second battle of St. Albans the same year, losing possession of nutty king Henry VI, who is recaptured in 1465 and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
	www.wargamer.com /articles/1000Y/1000y_p5.asp (1150 words)

	[Project Rastko] THE HISTORY OF SERBIAN CULTURE - The oral tradition: Nada Milošević-Đorđević
		From a literary standpoint, from the perspective of Hegel's theory of the epic, the battle is an ideal event for the formation of epic poetry, "an extraordinarily complex event for the life of an entire nation and for and epoch".
		For the Serbs this battle was the most important and central event of their history, the transition from their existence as a free nation into the epoch of their slavery under the Turks, a turning point which marked a new way of calculating time - before and after the Battle of Kosovo.
		All the events are stylized in the correlation of the emotive-personal and heroic-epic-from the dramatic feast before the battle (which was modeled after both the Last Supper and the rituals of the Serbian slava which is dedicated to the family saint among the Serbs), to the search for dead heroes on the battlefield at Kosovo.
	www.rastko.org.yu /isk/nmilosevic-oral_tradition.html (7286 words)

	Google Earth Community: The greatest battle against Ottoman Empire in the history of Europe, 1389 - Kosovo, Serbia
		The Battle at Kosovo Polje is one of the focal points of their memories, and as such played a vital role in the Serbian culture.
		'The battle of Kosovo, one of the most decisive moments in the century-long struggle of the Serbs against the Turks, quickly became the subject of legend.' The poets, bards or minstrels of Serbia were touched to their poetic souls, and wrote the legend of Kosovo.
		It is this memory of the battle of Kosovo that kept the Serbian culture alive.
	bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/726108/Main/154487 (3632 words)

	Kosova/Kosovo: cultural heritage and community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Illyria fell under Roman occupation in the Third Century B.C.E. and Dardania was established as a province of the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century C.E. and with its division, as a province of the Byzantine Empire.
		Kosovo was again divided up, slivers of the north and the east taken by Germany and Bulgaria, respectively, whilst the majority of Kosovo was taken by Italy and put under the civil administration of Albania, where it stayed under the control of the Nazis when Italy surrendered in 1943.
		Kosovo is still disadvantaged in many respects: more than 60% of its inhabitants are unemployed; more than 50% live in poverty; water and electricity supplies are still unreliable; and mafia and paramilitaries operate with relative impunity.
	kosovo-community-cultural-heritage.blogspot.com (3042 words)

	Monuments of Kosovo
		It has been a place of many battles: in 1703 young Bodin was proclaimed a tzar of Prizren and during a rebellion against Byzantine he was killed around 1116.
		In 1448, Hunjadi as the Hungarian army leader, furthered the defense of the Balkan peninsula.
		In 1912, King Petar 1 Karadjordjevic liberated Kosovo during the battle on Merdar and Serbia resumed its existence.
	members.tripod.com /swo_heritage/Serbian/monuments.htm (552 words)

	kosovo - Ask.com Web Search
		Kosovo (Albanian: Kosovë/Kosova, Serbian: Косово и Метохија/Kosovo i Metohija) is a UN-administered province.
		By the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (adopted in 1999), Kosovo is defined as autonomous province within former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia under UN administration...
		Kosovo is located in the southwest corner of Serbia, bordering Albania.
	search.ask.com /web?q=kosovo (232 words)

	Diocese of Western America \| Kosovo in the history of the Serbian Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By the eleventh century the Kosovo region was predominantly Slavic.
		When in the morning two fl ravens brought her the hand of her son Damian, a sign to her that the Kosovo heroes do not have even a grave, that their graves would not be known, the mother's heart burst for her nine sons and for old Jug Bogdan.
		Now the subjugated Serbs of Kosovo were left at the mercy of the enraged Turkish army, which killed and punished and left the monastery in Pec in ruins.
	www.westsrbdio.org /kosovo_history/index.html (9409 words)

	History of the Balkans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Battle of Kosovo (1448) the christian coalition defeated by Ottomans.
		Despite winning several notable victories, notably at the famous Kosovo polje, the rebels were eventually defeated in a battle near Sarajevo in 1832 after Gradaščević was betrayed by Herzegovinian nobility.
		In harsh night-time fighting, the battle ebbed and flowed, until the Serbian line was rallied under the leadership of Stepa Stepanovic.
	koz.vianet.ca /history_of_the_balkans.htm (13863 words)

	A View from an Historical Perspective
		In 1389, the Ottomans defeated the Serbs in the Battle of Kosovo, and again in the 2nd Battle of Kosovo in 1448.
		Until recently, the population of Kosovo was 90 percent Albanian and some 80 percent of those were illegal immigrants from Albania.
		Albanian autonomy in Kosovo is not an option, considering that the KLA is a drug running, terrorist organization, funded by Osama bin Laden.
	modena.intergate.ca /personal/fixer/byrne2.htm (929 words)

	New honour code aims to cut killings
		KOSOVO and Albania’s centuries-old code of honour has been modernised to try to reduce the number of men killed or forced into hiding by blood feuds and vendettas.
		Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo’s ethnic-Albanian former prime minister, who has pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges at the United Nations’ tribunal in the Hague, was allowed home to Kosovo last week to attend the funeral of his youngest brother, Enver, murdered in a machine-gun attack in western Kosovo.
		The 1389 Battle of Kosovo Polje is probably the most famous Balkans battle against the Ottomans, but there is an intriguing historical "what if" in the lesser known second battle of Kosovo in 1448.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1389788/posts (2249 words)

	Turkey
		In 1453 Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks and renamed Istanbul, but its new rulers may have adopted the existing emblem for their own use.
		A reflection of the moon occulting a star, appearing in pools of blood after the battle of Kosovo in 1448*, led to the adoption of the Turkish flag by Sultan Murad II according to one legend.
		This war continued for only two days (17-19 October 1448) and it was in the time of Sultan Murat II, unlike the first war (which was during the rule of Sultan Murat I).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/tr.html (978 words)

	A timeline of the Slavs, Magyars and Bulgars
		1526: the Polish and Hungarian armies are defeated at the battle of Mohacs by the Ottomans of Suleyman and Hungary is partitioned between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburgs, with Hungary proper under Ottoman occupation, Transylvania as a Turkish protectorate and Slovakia (Upper Hungary) is annexed by the Habsburg Monarchy
		1389: the Serbs are defeated by Ottoman Turks of Sultan Murad I at the battle of Kosovo
		1526: the Polish and Hungarian armies are defeated at the battle of Mohacs by the Ottomans of Suleyman and Hungary is partitioned between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburgs, with Hungary proper under Ottoman occupation, Transylvania as a Turkish protectorate and Slovakia (Upper Hungary) is annexed by the Habsburg Monarchy as the kingdom of Hungary
	www.scaruffi.com /politics/slavs.html (2439 words)

	Skanderbeg Summary
		However, believing Kastrioti-Skanderbeg to be loyal to Turkey due to his continued success on the field of battle, Murad II continued to bestow his favors on Kastrioti-Skanderbeg and granted the general the title of governor of lands in central Albania.
		Despite Kastrioti-Skanderbeg's inferior numbers, the battle that was waged on June 29, 1444, ended with a Turkish defeat due to the Albanian general's use of guerilla tactics.
		Although it is commonly believed that Skanderbeg took part in the Second Battle of Kosovo in 1448, he actually never arrived.
	www.bookrags.com /Skanderbeg (5052 words)

	Turkey: From Failed Reforms to a Modern Jihad Genocide
		Following the battle of Cernomen (September 26, 1371), the Ottomans penetrated westward, occupying within 15 years, a large number of towns in western Bulgaria, and in Macedonia.
		Successful Ottoman campaigns were waged in the Peloponnesus, Serbia, and Hungary, culminating with the victory at the second Battle of Kosovo (1448).
		That was when the Ottomans battled the Venetians and leveled the city of Argos to its foundations.
	www.aina.org /news/20051008133159.htm (7613 words)

	Kosovo — FactMonster.com
		In 2006 Serbia and Kosovo began discussing the provinces final status, but any quick resolution seemed unlikely.
		Timeline: The Former Yugoslavia - Timeline: The Former Yugoslavia From World War I to the splintering of the country by Borgna...
		Timeline: NATO in Yugoslavia - NATO in Kosovo: 1998–1999 by Elissa Haney Kosovo Factsheet October 1998 January 1999 February...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0828147.html (702 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Europe diary: Montenegro mood
		This could be the battle the Serbs lost against the Turks in 1389, or the one they lost against Nato rather more recently.
		With Kosovo and Mladic issues out of the way, it will be much better.
		The Montenegrin referendum just gave Kosovo the green light to make a final run at independence, and rightfully so.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/5012690.stm (8342 words)

	All Empires History Forum: A rather unknown, great military leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The first test between the Ottoman Sultan and Skanderbeg came in 1455 during the Siege of Berat, where the former defeated the latter by decimating the Albanian army and leaving five-thousand dead in the field of battle, some 40-50% of all Albanian mobile forces.
		Of course George Kastrioti is an important figure but his biography above fails to mention that he and Hunyadi were routed by the sultan at the second Battle of Kosovo (1448) wich effectivelly imposed Ottoman dominance over the Balkans.
		Scanderbeg was not at the Second battle of Kosovo.
	www.allempires.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1801 (4512 words)

	Mavi Boncuk: Ottoman Flag
		There are several legends associated with the symbols of the flag.
		The two most popular include a reflection of the moon occulting a star, appearing in pools of blood after the battle of Kosovo in 1448, and anothers refer to a dream of Osman I in which a crescent and star appeared from his chest and expanded over the entire world.
		The standard Ottoman naval flag was similar to the national flag but had a seven-pointed star.
	maviboncuk.blogspot.com /2004/07/ottoman-flag.html (457 words)

	JOHN HUNYADI: Hungary in American History Textbooks - Title
		Hunyadi was the Christian commander in the Battle of Kosovo (1448), that is mentioned so often these days.
		[20]Wife of Louis II, king of Hungary who lost his life at the battle of Mohács in 1526.
		She was virtually chased out of Hungary by the Hungarians after her husband died.
	www.hungarian-history.hu /lib/hunyadi/hu10.htm (2312 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1448
		Years: 1443 1444 1445 1446 1447 - 1448 - 1449 1450 1451 1452 1453
		October 17 - Battle of Kosovo - Hungarian forces under John Hunyadi are defeated by the Turks due to the treachery of Prince Dan of Wallachia and George Brankovic of Serbia.
		Vlad III Dracula becomes reigning Prince of Wallachia for two months before being deposed by Vladislav II.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1448 (171 words)

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