Historiografske interpretacije o smrti bosanskog kralja Stjepana Tomaša / The Death of the Bosnian King Stjepan Tomaš in Historiography

Abstract

This text presents an overwiev of historiographic interpretations about the death of king Stjepan Tomaš of Bosnia. The overview covers a period starting from the 15th century and the works of king’s contemporaries, over the Dubrovnik chronicles of the 16th and 17th century and the works of Bosnian Franciscans a century later, to the results presented by critical histography. The main aim of this work is to draw attention to the need of forming a story about the king’s suspicious death to its reflection and use in different historical periods, observing the image of time in which various manuscripts were produced.