Abstract: For more than two centuries, there have been very similar versions of the lists of noblemen of Bosnia and Hum from the pre-Ottoman period in historiography and publishing. One version was published in two well-known collections of sources for the history of BiH, which gave scientific credentials to the list. However, the data on the origin of the list do not confirm their authenticity. The list is one of the apocryphal documents that emerged within the so called Illyrian heraldry. It is a complex ideological phenomenon developed in the course o...
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Topics: 
Genealogy
Classics
Ancient history