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Кнез и крак Mилан у мемоаристици
The prince and king Milan in the memoirs

Author(s): Petar V. Krestić
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Obituary
Published by: Istorijski institut, Beograd

Summary/Abstract: The paper arose from the need to emphasize the fact that the memoirs concerning the prince and king Milan is very rich and diverse, so that it deserves to be properly studied, and topics it covers more thoroughly covered and written about. The paper The Prince and King Milan in the Memoirs originated from, in author’s view, the most significant memoir treatises about this personality, and it could be seen as an outline for a wider and more general portrait of this our, from a scientific point of view, very interesting and controversial ruler. Based on this contribution, it can be noted that writers of the memoirs about the King Milan Obrenović IV, paid greater attention to his education, his way of ruling and behaving, his character traits, his virtues and flaws, than to any other 19th and 20th century Serbian ruler. The contribution also analyzes a number of topics and problems related to this ruler, beginning with his marital and family relations, his Austrophilia, as well as different changes, over time, in conducting interior and exterior policies, his relationship to Montenegro, political parties in Serbia, and numerous other issues.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 54
  • Page Range: 189-210
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Serbian