The Capetian House of Anjou in southern and southeastern Europe

Pre-requisites: General requirements for doctoral studies. Knowledge of Latin and at least two European languages.

Course objectives: For students to gain knowledge about relations between the kingdom of Naples with southeastern Europe, namely, Serbia.

Course description: The arrival of the Capetian-Anjou dynasty in southern Italy. Conquests of Charles of Anjou in Albania and the forming of the „Kingdom of Albania“. The entrance of the Capetian-Anjou dynasty to the Hungarian throne. Hungarian branch of the House of Anjou and Serbia. Ladislaus of Naples and the eastern coast of the Adriatic sea.

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge of relations between the kingdom of Naples with southeastern Europe, namely, Serbia.

Literature/Reading:

• B. Homan, Gli Angioini di Napoli in Ungheria (1290 – 1403), Roma 1938.
• S. Kelly, The New Solomon. Robert of Naples (1309 – 1343) and Fourteenth – Century Kingship, Leiden 2003.
• P. Lock, The Franks in the Aegean, 1204 – 1500, London 1995.
• A. Ducellier, La façade maritime de l’ Albanie au Moyen Âge. Durazzo et Valona du XIe au XVe siècle, Thessaloniki 1981.
• B. Homan, Geschichte des ungarischen Mittelalters I – II, Berlin 1943.
• N. Klaić, Povijest Hrvata u razvijenom srednjem vijeku, Zagreb 1976.
• P. Rokai, Z. Đere, T. Pal, A. Kasaš, Istorija Mađara, Beograd – Banja Luka 2002.