"Battle of Doboj - August 1415" Topic

"In Britain (or at least in England) the year 1415 means one thing – Agincourt. However, at the other end of Europe an arguably more important and larger battle took place at Doboj in August 1415 between the Hungarians and the Bosnians with their Ottoman allies. Doboj is situated in northern Bosnia where the Rivers Bosna and Usora join.

Medieval Bosnia consisted largely of the central and northern area of the modern state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It bordered Croatia and Slavonia to the north (mostly under Hungarian control) and Serbia to the west. Venice held possessions on the Dalmatian coast as did the city state of Dubrovnik (Ragusa).

In the early medieval period Bosnia largely came under Byzantine control interrupted by invasion from Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria. An autonomous Bosnia emerged in the early 13th century. Religious issues formed the excuse for Hungarian interference in Bosnia with claims (disputed by modern research) that the Bosnian church was controlled by heretical Bogomils. Ban Stjepan Kotromanic (1322-53) developed Bosnia's autonomy under nominal Hungarian rule. Bosnia's high point came under Ban Tvrtko 1 (1353-91). He consolidated the state and captured Serbian territory including most of the Dalmatian coast and parts of Croatia. In 1377 he even claimed the Serbian crown and Bosnian rulers thereafter used the title King. After his death in 1391 the central authority of the King was weakened and the nobles gained regional autonomy particularly in the frontier regions…"
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