Slavic Fly 6

The 6th painting from the Slavic Epopea Fly is “Coronation Stefana Urosza IV Duszana on tsar Serbia‘

Behind the Googles I quote:

Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (Serbian: Цар Стефан Душан Силни) (b. c. 1308ed. 20 December1355) – King Serbia during the period 8 September1331–1346. From 1346 carSerbs and Romans (Greeks).

His reign was a time of power. medieval Serbia. Serbia during his reign, with the capital in Skopju, became named Great Serbia. As a consequence of the war with Bulgaria and Byzantium control Macedonia, Albania, Epir and Thessalia and created a separate patriarchate Serbian. Supported improvement trade and mining.

Bulgaria, Serbia- the powers of the past centuries. I wonder what made them the pariahs of Europe?

It is even more interesting that in the 5th and sixth centuries C.E. the Serbs lived in the vicinity of Berlin, and the Croats in the territory of the present Czech Republic and Austria. In the vicinity of Bautzen (Budziszyn) there are inactive Serbołużanie (Hitler tried to execution them, but he failed, thankfully,). You can deal with them in Polish. Closer to Bautzen than to Belgrade, and besides, I don't feel any sympathy for the current Serbs. That's why I've never been to Serbia, and I most likely won't.

And the painting? The painting is, as everyone sees. A beautiful woman in a folk costume is much more crucial than a Serbian Tsar.

Michał Leszczyński