Bosnia-Hercegovina
Beginning of paper
The origin of the arms with the argent between 6 fleur-de-lys,
which is now on the flag of the republic of , has long
puzzled me, but they are in fact the arms of the Kotromanic family, which
ruled Bosnia in the 14th and 1 5th centuries. Other arms have also been
attributed to Bosnia in the 19th ce ....
Middle of paper
.... sources, and a few encyclopedias. Bosnia was
dominated alternatively by Serbia and, from the 12th c. onward, by Croatia
(in personal union with Hungary) until the early 14th c. Typically, the
king of Hungary and Croatia appointed bans, or local governors; and, in
typical medieval fashion, these bans took advantage of any weakness of the
central monarchy to carve out territories for themselves.
In the early 14th c., the ban of Croatia was Pavao (Paul) Subic of
Brebir or Breberio (a town in ....
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