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Essay from the year 2007 in the subject History of Europe - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: keine, , language: English, abstract: It is a historical fact that the two armies – Turkish and Serbian – clashed near the village Černomen (Chirmen, Chernomen, Chermanon) at the River Marica (Mariç, Ebros, Hebros) on Friday the 26th, September 1371, and that a slaughter beyond description took place. The Serbian army suffered a true massacre in which both brothers King Vlkašin and Despot Uglješa were slain. The battle is today commonly called the Battle of Marica (after the river Marica in today’s Bulgaria) or the Battle of Chernomen (after a nearby small village on the lower Marica R...
Essay from the year 2007 in the subject History - Asia, grade: keine, , language: English, abstract: Kraljević Marko is the epic name of King Marko Mrnjavčević. The word 'Kraljević' means “the young king” or “the king’s son" in English. Marko was the regional king of a small principality in present-day Macedonia. As a Turkish vassal, he had to serve Bāyezid I Yildirim, the ‘Thunderbolt,’ in various military campaigns and he paid regular dues in tribute. It is widely accepted that King Marko accompanied Sultan Bāyezid in the campaign against a much smaller Wallachian army led by Voivode Mircea cel Bătrân and that he was killed at the battle of Rovine while fighting on the ...