White Serbia

White Serbia (Serbian: Бела Србија/Bela Srbija), called Boiki (rendered in Serbian as Bojka), is the mythical homeland of the ancestors of the Serbs, the White Serbs (Beli Srbi). Boiki is mentioned in De Administrando Imperio, a 10th-century work by Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII (r. 913–959)

The area adjacent to White Serbia was known as White Croatia, where the Croats trace their origin. White Serbia and its ethnic designates, the White Serbs, could be interpreted through attributes such as "the unbaptized" or "pagan" (Pre-Christian), according to the DAI.

Location

Theories on the location of White Serbia has been disputed. It has been described by historians as:

See also

References

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  6. Ćirković, Sima (7 June 2004). The Serbs. Wiley. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-631-20471-8.
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  9. Vizantološki institut (1996). Recueil de travaux de l'Institut des études byzantines 35. Vizantološki institut SANU. p. 127.
  10. The Journal of the Anthropological institute. 1879.
  11. Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta 38. Institut. 2000. p. 91.

Sources

Further reading

  • Sakač, Simeon (1994). "Бојки — прапостојбина Срба на Карпатима". Рад музеја Војводине 36: 145–149. 
  • Novaković, Relja (1977). Odakle su Srbi došli na Balkansko poluostrvo. Istorijski institut. 
  • Županič, Niko (1922). "Bela Srbija". Narodna starina (Zagreb) 1. 
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