Serbia

Republic of Serbia

A medieval empire and then a Balkan pivot, Serbia negotiates Union accession while maintaining historic links with Russia.

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Eredità

Dušan's Code, promulgated in 1349, is one of Europe's oldest legal codes, largely inspired by Roman-Byzantine law. The monasteries of Studenica and Sopoćani preserve frescoes often compared to Italian Trecento painting.

Storia

The Serbian kingdom and then empire reached their zenith under Dušan in the fourteenth century. The defeat at Kosovo Polje in 1389 became the founding national myth, and Ottoman rule settled in for four centuries.

The uprisings of 1804 and 1815 led to an autonomous principality and then to independence recognised in 1878. Serbia emerged victorious but bled dry from the First World War and formed the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

After Titoist Yugoslavia, the wars of the 1990s and the NATO bombing of 1999 isolated the country. Belgrade obtained candidate status in 2012 and opened negotiating chapters, with normalisation of relations with Kosovo remaining the central condition.

Tappe

1219 Cristianizzazione

Autocephalous Serbian Church

Saint Sava obtains Serbian ecclesiastical independence from Nicaea, a bedrock of national identity.

1349 Medioevo

Dušan’s Code

The emperor promulgates a code inspired by Byzantine law, among Europe’s oldest.

1389 Medioevo

Battle of Kosovo

Defeat by the Ottomans becomes the founding narrative of Serbian memory.

1878 Età moderna

Independence of Serbia recognised

The Congress of Berlin confirms Serbian sovereignty after four Ottoman centuries.

1914 Età contemporanea

Sarajevo assassination

The killing of the archduke sets off the chain reaction of the First World War.

2012 Costruzione europea

Candidate status for Serbia

Serbia becomes a Union candidate; negotiations open in 2014.

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