Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Banate of Bosnia
1154–1377
c. 1154–1377. A polity under a ban, nominally under Hungarian suzerainty but often effectively independent. Its greatest early ruler, Ban Kulin (r. 1180–1204), presided over a remembered "age of peace and prosperity."
- Existed
- 1154–1377
- Shown on the map
- 1188–1384
- Peak area
- 49k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
c. 1154–1377. A polity under a ban, nominally under Hungarian suzerainty but often effectively independent. Its greatest early ruler, Ban Kulin (r. 1180–1204), presided over a remembered "age of peace and prosperity." His Charter of 29 August 1189 — issued to knez Krvaš (Latin: Gervasio) and written by the scribe Radoje in both Latin and old Shtokavian, granting the merchants of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) free, duty-free movement across Bosnia — is one of the oldest state documents of the region and the oldest work written in the Bosnian Cyrillic script (bosančica). Bosnia became embroiled in the Bosnian Church controversy: accused by Hungary and Rome of harboring dualist heretics, Kulin held a public assembly on 8 April 1203 and abjured heresy, affirming loyalty to Rome. Under Ban Stjepan II Kotromanić the banate expanded to the Adriatic (Hum).
Common questions
- What was the Banate of Bosnia?
- c. 1154–1377. A polity under a ban, nominally under Hungarian suzerainty but often effectively independent. Its greatest early ruler, Ban Kulin (r. 1180–1204), presided over a remembered "age of peace and prosperity."
- When did the Banate of Bosnia exist?
- The Banate of Bosnia existed 1154–1377. On this map it is drawn 1188–1384.
- How large was the Banate of Bosnia?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Banate of Bosnia covered about 49,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, academic works (John Fine on the Balkans, Halperin and Martin on Muscovy, Rady and Veszprémy on Hungary) and, for a few entries, the medieval Livonian Chronicle of Henry itself. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Banate of Bosnia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banate_of_Bosnia
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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