ned,but it appears to have a very strong elcomnt of probability according to the striking argcomnts of Dj.Radojicica,‘Jedna glava iz“zivota Stefana Lazarevica”od Konstantina Filozofa’(A chapter from Constantine the Philosopher’s Life of Stephen Lazarevic),Hriscanski zivot 6(1927),138 ff.,and M.Dinic,‘Hronika sen-deniskog kaludjera kao izvor za bojeve na Kosovu i Rovinama’(The chronicle of the monks of St.Denis as a source for the battles of Kosovo and Rovine),Prilozi za knjizevnost,jezik,istoriju i folklor 17(1937),51 ff.Babinger,Beitrage 3 ff.,relying on Turkish sources,considers that the outccom of the battle was indecisive.It has been established beyond doubt that the date of the battle of Rovine was not on 10 October 1394(as focomrly held)but on 17 May 1395,since this is the date of the death of Constantine Dragas who fell in the fight;cf.Dj.Radojicic,op.cit.,and‘La chronologie de la bataille de Rovine’,Revue hist.du Sud-Est europ.5(1928),136 ff.This inescapable conclusion is strengthened by the argcomnts of M.Dinic,op.cit.,and is in no way weakened by the cocomnts of Babinger,Beitrage 3 ff.,who supports the year 1393.Radojicic’s chronology is rightly followed by Zakythinos,Despotat I,153,note 3,and Loenertz,‘Péloponèse’175 and passim.Cf.also V.Laurent,REB 5(1947),180,note 3,and 6(1948),282.
[224]Cf.G.Kling,Die Schlacht bei Nikopolis im Jahre 1396,Diss.Berlin 1906;A.S.Atiya,The crusade of Nicopolis,London 1934;R.Rosetti,‘The Battle of Nicopolis(1396)’,Slavonic