Benedikt Kuripečič

Benedikt Kuripečič or Benedikt Kuripešić (German: Benedict Curipeschitz von Obernburg, 1491–1531) was a 16th-century Slovene diplomat who recorded epic songs about Miloš Obilić.

Benedikt Kuripečič
Born
Gornji Grad[1]
NationalityHabsburg
Occupation16th-century diplomat of the Habsburg monarchy of Slovenian origin
Known forbeing author of notable itinerary about his 1530 journey from Ljubljana to Constantinople

Kuripečič was born in Gornji Grad, then part of the Habsburg Empire, now Slovenia. He entered the diplomatic service of the Habsburg monarchy and served in Moscow and Istanbul.[2] His notable works include records of his journey through Serbia in 1530 (Itinerarium Wegrayß. Kü. May. potschafft gen Constantinopel zů dem Türckischen Kayser Soleyman. Anno xxx)[3] (Itinerarium of Departure by His Royal Majesty’s Emperor to Constantinople to the Turkish Sultan Suleiman. Year 30) when he traveled to Istanbul as a translator in the service of King Ferdinand.[4] His records describe emigration of people from Serbia to Bosnia in 1530.[5] In his work he recorded some legends about the Battle of Kosovo and mentions epic songs about Miloš Obilić in regions far from Kosovo, such as Bosnia and Croatia.[6] According to his records, the Ottoman Empire lost the battle.[7] He traveled through Kosovo and mentioned songs about the heroic deeds of Miloš Obilić and his unjustified slander.[8]

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References
  1. Simpozijum o savremenoj knjizevnosti Bosne i Hercegovine. 1971. p. 132. Zapisivač je tog teksta Benedikt Kuripečić, Slovenac iz šumovita Gornjeg Grada, autor čuvena Itine- rarija, putopisna zapisa od Ljubljane do Carigrada, u jesen 1530. godine, što bi tiskom objavljen na njemačkom godinu dana kasnije.
  2. Slovene Studies. Society for Slovene Studies. 1986. p. 115. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. Wendy Bracewell; Alex Drace-Francis (2008). Under Eastern Eyes: A Comparative Introduction to East European Travel Writing on Europe. Central European University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-963-9776-11-1. Retrieved 9 September 2013. Benedict Curipeschitz, a pious German- and Slovene-speaking Catholic from the south Styrian borderlands, on his way through Serbia in 1530 with a Habsburg embassy to the Porte, described affecting meetings with the Orthodox Christians
  4. Razprave in Gradivo. Institut za Narodnostna Vprašanja. 2004. p. 203. Retrieved 9 September 2013. Najbolj znan med njimi je bil Benedikt Kuripečič, ki je leta 1530 kot tolmač v poslanstvu kralja Ferdinanda I. potoval k osmanskemu sultanu Sulejmanu v Carigrad.
  5. Ćorović, Vladimir (13 January 2014). Istorija srpskog naroda. eBook Portal. p. 464. GGKEY:XPENWQLDTZF. Već je B. Kuripečić zabeležio 1530. god., kako je u Bosni bilo doseljavanja iz Srbije.
  6. Pavle Ivić (1996). Istorija srpske kulture. Dečje novine. p. 160. ISBN 9788636707920. Retrieved 9 September 2013. Бенедикт Курипечић. пореклом Словенаи, који између 1530. и 1531. путује као тумач аустријског посланства, у свом Путопису препричава део косовске легенде, спомиње епско певање о Милошу Обилићу у крајевима удаљеним од места догађаја, у Босни и Хрватској, и запажа настајање нових песама.
  7. Književnost. 1989. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  8. Nikola Kusovac (1988). Kosovska bitka: mit, legenda i stvarnost. Litera. p. 234. Retrieved 9 September 2013. Голине 1530, путујући с царским посланством у Цариград, Бенедикт Курипечић је прошао и кроз Ко- сово поље. И он опширно прича о бици на Косову, а посебно о Милошу Обилићу, „који на траници сваки дан мнота јунашт ва

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