The Kingdom

Returning to the Battle of Kosovo, which was elucidated in prior blogs, not only did the Turks bring pita and an Arabesque nomenclature; they brought Islam. The Kingdom of Serbia pales to the reign of the Ottoman lasting half a millennium (1389-1912). But despite this, the notion of Serbian greatness in its monarchial epoch has still been upheld to this day.

All national myths survive in poetry and epics rested on the backs of scholars, philosophers and an occasional nobel laureate. There have been many novelists and poets alike who have taken up the Serbian plight in sweeping tragedies. It is worth jumping ahead in time and noting that perhaps the most revered Serbian novelist, Dobrica Cosic, would later would become the President of Yugoslavia. Ironically, it was his works that not only elicited the desire to romanticise the old kingdom, but would later inspire the attempt at this resurrection.

No one other than Slobodan Milosevic, the former President of Serbia, would strategically appoint Cosic to curry favor from home when his cards were down. In essence, Cosic created a monster/monstrosity, and upon this realisation, this aged poet would eventually turn on Milosevic…