Serbian Epic Poetry

Mark D. Lew, aiming to create a more complete view of Serbian history by using folktales as the key to its understanding, collected traditional stories in the form of epic poetry around the myth of the Battle of Kosovo, 1389,  which determined the fate of Serbia for the following centuries.

Contents:

Introduction

The Epic Poems

-The Fall of the Serbian Empire

-Tsar Lazar and Tsaritsa Militsa

-The Banquet on the Eve of the Battle

-Kossanschitch and Milosh

-Musitch Stefan

-Tsaritsa Militsa and the Voyvoda Vladeta 

-The Maiden of Kossovo

-The Death of the Mother of the Jugovitch 

-The Miracle of Tsar Lazar 

Note on Spelling

Historical notes

Glossary

Footnotes