Summary
Domagoj Nikolić and Vinko Klarić: Where the Eagles Gather
Reading this book, it becomes clear that the author's task was not only to write a credible history of this nation, but also of the secret societies that shaped it. He will emphasize that there is another Illyrian paradox at work here: dealing with the past and lies is obviously the only way to the future and the truth. Nikolić's and Klarić's mosaic deduction and detective approach to history will lead them to repeatedly "seductive" hypotheses about the champions of national history, for example, medieval Croatian rulers. The authors thus ask who, for example, was Petar Krešimir IV.? One possible answer will leave many stunned: nothing less than the heretical king of the Croats, the son of the heretic Stefan Vojislav of Duklja, from whom the Nemanjići arose. Surprised? Those who have been following the work of Domagoj and Vinko for a long time will certainly not be, but to the general populus conventionally educated and identity formed in the cemented narrative of medieval history in these areas, this will sound - (sic!) heretical! Among the Illyrians, when it comes to heresy, no matter how you take it, it is clearly a rooted phenomenon with a long continuity. So let's continue the series: the Illyrian nobility of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia were closely intertwined by blood ties and complicated common interests. Or: Stefan Nemanja, son of the Croatian queen and Hungarian viceroy and Croatian ban!? Impossible? Think again.
- Đino Đivanović
I can give the reader one instruction, similar to the one that Nietzsche gave to Bible readers - to put on gloves before starting to read. The same advice applies to you, just make sure your gloves are heat resistant, the content of this book is so flammable and potentially destructive to the fundamental dogmas of our collective identity.
- Predrag Daraboš
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