Vlatko Tumurlić ( sr-Cyrl, Влатко Тумурлић) was a ''krstjanin'', a member of the
Bosnian Church
The Bosnian Church ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Crkva bosanska, Црква босанска) was an autonomous Christian church in medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Historians traditionally connected the church with the Bogomils, although this ...
, a diplomat in the service of the
Pavlović family
Pavlović (Serbo-Croatian) or Pavlovič (in Slovenian and Slovak) is a surname of South Slavic origin stemming from the male given name Pavao, Pavle or Pavel, which are all Slavic variants of Paul. It was formed using the patronymic suffix -ovi ...
.
Life and career
Vlatko Tumurlić, a ''krstjanin'', is better known as a diplomat, deputy in the service of the Pavlović family, than for his place and role in the hierarchy of the Bosnian Church.
Together with other deputies, he represented Knyaz
Pavle Radinović
Pavle Radinović, sometimes Radenović, ( sr-Cyrl, Павле Радиновић; floruit, fl. 1371–d. 1415), was one of the most powerful Bosnians, Bosnian Nobility, nobleman under Tvrtko I (r. 1377–1391), Stephen Dabiša of Bosnia, Dabiša ...
in negotiations with the people of
Ragusa Ragusa may refer to:
Places Croatia
* Ragusa, Dalmatia, the historical name of the city of Dubrovnik
* the Republic of Ragusa (or Republic of Dubrovnik), the maritime city-state of Ragusa
* Ragusa Vecchia, historical Italian name of Cavtat, a t ...
(today
Dubrovnik
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) during the
Bosnian–Ragusan war of 1403–1404, and he also represented Duke
Radoslav Pavlović
Radoslav (Lale) Pavlović (; born 8 September 1954, in Aleksandrovac, Serbia) is a Serbs, Serbian writer. Pavlovic authored numerous theatre plays and film/TV scripts popular with the audience and acclaimed by the critics. He is best known for ...
in resolving the fate of the town of Sokol in
Konavle
Konavle () is a municipality and a small Dalmatian subregion located southeast of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
The region is administratively part of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County and the center of the municipality is Cavtat.
Demographics
The total muni ...
in 1423. These affairs show that members of the Bosnian Church were appropriate and sufficient guarantors for the people of Dubrovnik in the most important issues they had with the Bosnian nobles Pavlovićs. Hence, it is assumed that during the 15th century the Bosnian Church was respected as a stable framework for solving important state issues for
medieval Bosnian state
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, that nobles respected its strength, and that the people of Dubrovnik knew this and regularly requested that representatives of the Bosnian Church be included in important question negotiations and its resolutions.
See also
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Gost Radin
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Batalo
Batalo Šantić ( sr-Cyrl, Батало Шантић; before 1391–1404), who is simply known as Batalo, in some research also Batal, was a medieval Bosnian Nobility, nobleman from Lašva. He was the holder of the medieval Bosnian title of ''"te ...
References
Bibliography
*{{cite journal , author1=Pejo Ćošković , author1-link=Pejo Ćošković , title=KRSTJANIN VLATKO TUMURLIĆ I NJEGOVO DOBA (1403.-1423.) , journal=Croatica Christiana Periodica , date=14 June 1995 , volume=19 , issue=35 , pages=1–54 , url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/77621 , access-date=6 July 2023 , language=hr , issn=0350-7823
Medieval Bosnian nobility
Medieval Bosnian society
Medieval Bosnian state
Bosnian Church clergy
Bosnia and Herzegovina diplomats