Momčilo Spremić

Momčilo Spremić (Serbian: Момчило Спремић; born August 29, 1937) is a Serbian historian and member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. He is professor of General history of the Middle Ages at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. Spremić specialized in the History of the Balkans, Italy and Spain in the Late Middle Ages.^[1]

Biography

Spremić was born in Donja Badanja village near Loznica, in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy in 1961 and received his magister in 1965.^[2]

Spremić received his PhD in 1969, from Belgrade University^[3] with the thesis Dubrovnik i Aragonci 1442–1495, which was later published in 1971 in Serbian and in 1986 in Italian.^[4] He is a member of many professional societies, a member of the board of SIHMED (Société internationale des historiens de la Méditerranée) and a member of the executive board of the European Society of Culture (Société européenne de culture).^[5] The issue of Vuk Branković's treachery during the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 was the subject of a series of studies by Spremić.^[6] Despite the consensus of modern historiography in Serbia that Vuk Branković was not a traitor during the battle, Spremić emphasized that there is a possibility that Vuk really betrayed his Serbian allies.^[7] On November 5, 2009 he was elected a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.^[8]

Spemić received numerous awards which include:^[9] Svetosavska povelja 2009,^[10] Čuvari baštine,^[11] Zlatni ključ grada Smedereva (Golden key of city of Smederevo),^[12] Nagrada Vukove Zadužbine za nauku (Vuk's Endowment Award for Science) for his work Despot George Branković and his times, Nagrada fonda Dušana Baranina (Award of the Dušan Baranin Foundation), Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (5th Class / Knight), bestowed by the President of the Italian Republic and Oktobarska nagrada Grada Beograda (October Award of the City of Belgrade).

Selected works

Spremić published about two hundred scientific works^[13] which include:

• Турски трибутари у XIV и XV веку, 1970.
• Дубровник и Арагонци 1442–1495, Београд 1971. (Dubrovnik e gli Aragonesi 1442–1495, Palermo 1986), OCLC Number: 443358657
• Деспот Ђурађ Бранковић и мачванска бановина, Историјски часопис 23, 1976.
• Дубровачка трговачка друштва у деспотовини Ђурђа Бранковића, Зборник Филозофског факултета у Београду
• Gli Slavi tra le due sponde adriatiche, Annali dell Istituto italiano per gli Studi Storici 4, 1979.
• Spremić, Momčilo (1989) Despot Đurađ Branković i papska Kurija (Despot George Branković and Papal Curia) 16 Zbornik Filozofskog fakulteta pp. 163–177 OCLC 438784272 
• Spremić, Momčilo (1998) Treba li rehabilitovati najvećeg izdajnika? Vuk nije bio Branković (Should we rehabilitate the greatest traitor? Vuk wasn't Brankovic) 11 Serbian heritage-Historical notebooks archived from the original on May 14, 2011 http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.srpsko-nasledje.co.rs%2Fsr-l%2F1998%2F11%2Farticle-5.html&date=2011-05-14 
• Spremić, Momčilo (1999) [1994] Despot Đurađ Branković i njegova doba (Despot George Branković and his times) (2 ed.) Belgrade: Clio OCLC 43055575 
• Spremić, Momčilo (2006) (in Serbian) Đurađ Branković: 1427–1456 Belgrade: Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva ISBN 8617137509 

References

1. ^ "Momčilo Spremić: Despot Đurađ Branković i njegovo doba, 1998.". Clio. http://www.clio.co.rs/docs/polis/01_spremic.html. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "Bavi se istorijom Balkanskog poluostrva i Sredozemlja (Italija, Španija) u poznom srednjem veku." 
2. ^ (in Slovenian) 51 Zgodovinski Časopis 1997 p. 586 "omčilo Spemić je rojen 1937 v Donji Badanji, pri Loznici. Filozofski Fakultet u Beogradu je diplomiral 1961, magistriral 1965 in doktoriral 1969" 
3. ^ "Момчило Спремић, Одељење историјских наука , редовни члан" (in Serbian). http://www.sanu.ac.rs/Clanstvo/Clan.aspx?arg=1275,. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "докторирао на Филозофском факултету у Београду, 1969" 
4. ^ "Momčilo Spremić: Despot Đurađ Branković i njegovo doba, 1998.". Clio. http://www.clio.co.rs/docs/polis/01_spremic.html. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "njegova doktorska disertacija Dubrovnik i Aragonci 1442–1495, doživela je dva izdanja (1971. srpsko u Beogradu, a 1986. italijansko u Palermu)." 
5. ^ "Момчило Спремић, Одељење историјских наука , редовни члан" (in Serbian). http://www.sanu.ac.rs/Clanstvo/Clan.aspx?arg=1275,. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "члан Управног одбора српског удружења ѣѣДанте Алигијериѣѣ ; члан извршног савета (Conseil executif) Европског друштва културе (Société européenne de culture); члан Управног савета (Conseil de direction) Међународног друштва историчара Медитерана (Société Internationale des Historiens de la Mediterranée)" 
6. ^ Dve domovini • Two Homelands. Ljubljana: The Institute for Slovenian Emigration Studies at the ZRC SAZU. 2008. p. 50. http://isi.zrc-sazu.si/files/dd/DD_TH_27.pdf. Retrieved 15 May 2011. "The problem of Vuk Branković's treachery was the subject of a series of studies by historian Momčilo Spremić" 
7. ^ Zirojević, Olga. "Bog ubio Vuka Brankovića... (Let God kill Vuk Branković...)". http://www.yurope.com/zines/republika/arhiva/96/153/153-45.html. Retrieved 14 May 2011. "Momcilo Spremic kao da ponovo izvodi Vuka Brankovica na sud. »Uzimajuci u obzir« – kaze on – »celokupnu delatnost Vuka, ne bi se moglo reci da je bio bez predispozicije za izdaju. Konacno, sve sto je ovde izneto, ne na osnovu emotivnog narodnog predanja, vec iskljucivo na osnovu pouzdanih dokumenata, pokazuje da njegova izdaja na Kosovu nije bila nemoguca«... Momčilo Spremić is again taking Vuk Branković on the trial. "Taking in consideraton – says he – the whole activities of Vuk Branković, it can not be said that he did not have prerequisites for betrayal. Finally, everything that was brought here , not on emotional peoples narative, but on the basis of reliable sources, shows that hi betrayal on Kosovo was not impossible." 
8. ^ Dimitrijević, M. (November 6, 2009). "Izabrano 59 novih akademika (59 new Academy members are elected)". Politika. http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Kultura/Izabrano-59-novih-akademika.lt.html. Retrieved 15 May 2011. 
9. ^ "Момчило Спремић, Одељење историјских наука , редовни члан" (in Serbian). http://www.sanu.ac.rs/Clanstvo/Clan.aspx?arg=1275,. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "признања: Октобарска награда града Београда; Награда за науку Вукове задужбине; Награда из Фонда Душана Баранина; Златни кључ града Смедерева одликовања: Cavaliere Ufficiale dellѣOrdine Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Званични витез реда заслужан за Републику Италију – доделио Председник Републике Италије)... Cavaliere Ufficiale dellѣOrdine Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Званични витез реда заслужан за Републику Италију – доделио Председник Републике Италије)" 
10. ^ "Smederevo pod prstima" (in Serbian). Web site of Smederevo. http://www.smederevo.org.rs/Vesti-Pregled_lat. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "SVETOSAVSKU POVELjU ZA 2009. GODINU DOBILI SU:..2. AKADEMIK PROF. DR MOMČILO SPREMIĆ Svojim životnim delom "Despot Đurađ Branković i njegovo doba" dao je neprocenjivi doprinos istraživanju srpske despotovine i Smedereva kao njenog glavnog grada. ." 
11. ^ "Smederevo pod prstima" (in Serbian). Web site of Smederevo. http://www.smederevo.org.rs/Vesti-Pregled_lat. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "PRIZNANjE „ČUVARI BAŠTINE" DODELjENO JE: – AKADEMIKU MOMČILU SPREMIĆU" dao je neprocenjivi doprinos istraživanju srpske despotovine i Smedereva kao njenog glavnog grada. ." 
12. ^ "Svetosavski dani". Društvo Srpska Zajednica. 2009. http://www.srbska-skupnost.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106%3Asvetosavski-dani-&Itemid=189&lang=. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "Knjiga Despot Djurađ Branković i njegovo doba mu je zaslužila Nagradu za nauku Vukove zadužbine. Za naučni rad dobio je i sledeća priznanja: Zlatni ključ grada Smedereva, Nagradu iz fonda Dušana Baranina, Oktobarsku nagradu grada Beograda i italijanski Orden Viteza zaslužnog za Republiku Italiju. Najznačajniji radovi objavljeni su mu u knjizi Prekinut uspon." 
13. ^ "Momčilo Spremić: Despot Đurađ Branković i njegovo doba, 1998.". Clio. http://www.clio.co.rs/docs/polis/01_spremic.html. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "Objavio je oko dve stotine naučnih radova u našim i stranim časopisima" 

External links

• Biography on the website of SANU
• Review of the book "Деспот Ђурађ Бранковић и његово доба"

Persondata
Name	Spremić, Momčilo
Alternative names
Short description	Serbian historian and member of Serbian Academy of Science and Arts
Date of birth	August 29, 1937
Place of birth	Donja Badanja, Loznica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death