Nenad Obradović

Our intention was to publish a critical edition of the will of voivode Miloš Belmužević written on 8 September 1500, two months beforе he died. The last will contains a short biography of voivode Miloš from the time he came in Hungary according to the agreement with the Hungarian king and barons. Due to its markedly autobiographical character, the value of Belmužević’s testament as a historical source is significant. Although the text of this source has been known to Serbian historiography since the beginning of the 20th century on the basis of the edition made by Aleksa Ivić, we believed that due to the time that has passed and the fact that we have come into possession of a recording of the document, it is useful to publish this important source again. In addition, a typographical error that crept into the document’s date in the earlier edition has long led researchers astray when it comes to determining the date of the will’s creation.

The paper aims to outline one stage of the Hungarian-Ottoman battles in the area of Posavlje, in which Serbian warriors played their role. In addition, our intention was to make the reconstruction as detailed as possible, using the most important Western and Hungarian diplomatic and narrative sources along with relevant literature in Serbian and Hungarian languages. Among the sources, we placed a particular emphasis on the epic about the siege of the city in the Hungarian language, which is also one of the oldest works of this kind among the Hungarians and has so far not received adequate attention in Serbian historiography.