TABLE OF CONTENTS
Marko ?uica
EFFECTS OF THE EARLY OTTOMAN CONQUESTS
ON THE STATE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
OF THE LAZAREVI? PRINCIPALITY 7
Neven Isailovi?
LEGISLATION CONCERNING THE VLACHS OF THE BALKANS
BEFORE AND AFTER OTTOMAN CONQUEST: AN OVERVIEW 25
Milo? Ivanovi?
CYRILLIC CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE COMMUNE
OF RAGUSA AND OTTOMANS FROM 1396 TO 1458 43
Adrian Magina
IN THE HANDS OF THE TURKS. CAPTIVES FROM SOUTHERN
HUNGARY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (14–16TH CENTURIES) 65
Emir O. Filipovi?
THE OTTOMAN CONQUEST AND THE DEPOPULATION
OF BOSNIA IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 79
Srdjan Rudi?
BOSNIAN NOBILITY AFTER THE FALL
OF THE KINGDOM OF BOSNIA IN 1463 103
Aleksandar Krsti?
“WHICH REALM WILL YOU OPT FOR?” –
THE SERBIAN NOBILITY BETWEEN THE OTTOMANS
AND THE HUNGARIANS IN THE 15 TH CENTURY 129
Machiel Kiel
THE OTTOMAN CASTLE OF RAM (HARAM) IN SERBIA
AND THE ACCOUNTS OF ITS CONSTRUCTION, 1491 165Hatice Oru?
THE?CITY OF?VI?EGRAD BASED ON FIFTEENTH
AND SIXTEENTH CENTURY TAHRIR DEFTERS 191
Ay?e Kayapinar, Levent Kayapinar
APPLICATION OF DERBEND ORGANIZATION IN THE BALKANS:
AN EXAMPLE OF CONTINUITY OF BALKAN INSTITUTIONS
IN THE OTTOMAN SYSTEM 205
Dragi Gjorgiev
SOME?ASPECTS OF SPREADING OF ISLAM
IN MACEDONIA (XV–XVI C.) 223
Dragana Amedoski
INTRODUCTION OF RICE CULTURE
IN THE CENTRAL BALKANS (15 TH AND 16 TH CENTURY) 235
G?ne? I?iksel
MANAGING COHABITATION AND CONFLICT:
FRONTIER DIPLOMACY IN THE DALMATIAN FRONTIER
(1540–1646) 256
A?k?n Koyuncu
KAV?NIN­I YENI?ERIY?N AND THE RECRUITMENT OF
BOSNIAN MUSLIM BOYS AS DEVSHIRME RECONSIDERED 283
Nenad Moa?anin
DIVISION OF CIZYE­PAYERS INTO THREE CLASSES
AS FORESHADOWED IN THE PRE­REFORM 17 TH CENTURY
“PSEUDO­MUFASSALS“ 319
Ema Miljkovi?
FROM “DHIMMITUDE“ TO TURKISM – CONFESSIONAL
AND ETHNIC POLICY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 331
LIST OF AUTHORS 351