Rovca

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The Rovca ( Montenegrin - and Serbian - Cyrillic Ровца ) is a historical region in the center of today's Montenegro . The region was first documented in a Defter from the late 15th century in the eastern Herzegovina , in the time of the Ottomans occupied Sanjak of Herzegovina . The region was part of Brda , a historical region also located in Montenegro today in the southeast of the Dinaric mountain range . The Rovca was the settlement and dominion area of ​​the Rovčani , a Serbian tribe named after this region .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Kaser: Shepherds, Fighters, Tribal Heroes: Origins and Presence of the Balkan Patriarchate . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1992, p. 108 .
  2. ↑ Marko Plešnik: Discovering Montenegro: between the Adriatic Sea and the Black Mountains . Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2008, p. 39 .
  3. ↑ Jovan Cvijić : Serb Land of Montenegro - History of Montenegro Online - Serb Clans of old Montenegro, Highlands and Herzegovina and Seashore . Njegoš.org, Belgrade.
  4. ^ Karl Kaser: Shepherds, Fighters, Tribal Heroes: Origins and Presence of the Balkan Patriarchate . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1992, p. 157 .
  5. ↑ Kenneth Morrison: Montenegro: A Modern History . CI.B. Tauris, New York 2009, p. 175 .