In the Middle Ages, most of the territory of the
Popovo field
Popovo field ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Popovo polje, Попово поље, , ) is a ''polje'' (karstic field) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in a southernmost region of the country, near the Adriatic coast. Its size is .
Popovo polje ...
by the
Trebišnjica
The Trebišnjica ( sr-cyrl, Требишњица) is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It used to be a sinking river, long above the ground. With a total length of above and under the ground, it is one of the longest sinking rivers in the world ...
was part of the ''
župa
A župa (or zhupa, županija) is a historical type of administrative division in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that originated in medieval South Slavic culture, commonly translated as "parish", later synonymous "kotar", commonly translate ...
'' of Popovo (), and was part of the
Hum province and form at least 1322
Banate of Bosnia
The Banate of Bosnia ( sh, Banovina Bosna / Бановина Босна), or Bosnian Banate (''Bosanska banovina'' / Босанска бановина), was a medieval state based in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although Hungarian kings ...
and later
Bosnian Kingdom
The Kingdom of Bosnia ( sh, Kraljevina Bosna / Краљевина Босна), or Bosnian Kingdom (''Bosansko kraljevstvo'' / Босанско краљевство), was a medieval kingdom that lasted for nearly a century, from 1377 to 1463, and ...
. It encompassed most of the tribal territories of
Vlasi Bobani,
Vlasi Žurovci,
Vlasi Hrabreni and
Vlasi Burmazi. On the north it encompassed parts of the
Ljubinje
Ljubinje ( sr-cyrl, Љубиње) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in south-eastern part of Herzegovina region. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,744 inhabitants, ...
area, where it bordered župas
Dabar
The word ''dabar'' ( he, דָּבָר) means "word", "talk" or "thing" in Hebrew. ''Dabar'' occurs in various contexts in the Hebrew Bible.
The Septuagint, the oldest translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, uses the terms ''rhema'' and ''l ...
, Ljubinje, Ljubomir and
Dubrava. On the south it bordered with
Bosansko Primorje county, and
Trebinje
Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the re ...
area with
eponymous župa to the east, and
Zažabalje to the west. The Bosansko Primorje county was later acquired by the
Republic of Ragusa
hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world"
, population_estimate = 90 000 in the XVI Century
, currency = ...
from Bosnian monarch, namely kings
Tvrtko II
Stephen Tvrtko II ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; died in November 1443), also known as Tvrtko Tvrtković (), was a member of the House of Kotromanić who reigned as King of Bosnia from 1404 to 1409 ...
and
Ostoja, through sequence of purchase arrangements and contracts.
In the area of the Popovo župa, the most notable nobility were the
Nikolići, and their subjects
Brlići,
Ivanovići and
Krasomirići. The location of the main fortress,
Popovski, has not yet been determined for sure, but according to
Marko Vego -->Gradsko groblje Bare ''( en, City Cemetery Bare)'', Sarajevo
, resting_place_coordinates =
, other_names =
, pronounce =
, residence = Sarajevo
, citizenship = Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
, nationality ...
its most likely location is probably somewhere in the vicinity of
Zavala, where the cultural center of the region was. The most important settlements in the Popovo župa were
Dračevo,
Žakovo,
Čvaljina,
Velja Međa,
Ravno
Ravno is a village and municipality located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ravno was a separate municipality until 1963, when it became a part of the Trebinje munici ...
,
Orahov Do
Orahov Do (Serbian Cyrillic: Орахов До) is a village in Ravno municipality Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formerly part of the Trebinje municipality, up until the Bosnian War. It is only a few kilometers away from the border with Croatia o ...
,
Sedlari,
Poljice,
Golubinac
Golubinac ( sr-cyrl, Голубинац) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In the 1991 census it had 11 inhabitants, all of them being Croats. Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to Trebinje municipa ...
,
Drijenjani,
Grepci,
Vršće,
Dubljani
Dubljani ( sr-cyrl, Дубљани) is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often kno ...
,
Površ,
Kotezi and
Veličani. The main occupation of the inhabitants were agriculture and animal husbandry. The vicinity of Dubrovnik facilitated the enduring orientation of domestic labor in the coastal area.
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Župas of the medieval Bosnian state
Medieval Herzegovina
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