EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE AGES PRESENTED TO BANJA LUKA AUDIENCE

An exhibition titled “Women in the Middle Ages in Bosnia and Serbia” has opened at the Museum of the Republic of Srpska in Banja Luka. The exhibition was created by historian and museum curator Aleksandra Popić.

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Assistant Minister for Culture of the Republic of Srpska, Tanja Đaković, said that the exhibition is significant because it highlights women who played major, complex and multifaceted roles during the Middle Ages.

“This exhibition contributes to preserving historical memory, fostering cultural development and educating younger generations. I believe it will attract great interest from visitors,” Đaković told reporters.

Popić emphasized that the exhibition is a tribute to women of the medieval period and a reminder of the important role women have played throughout history.

“The exhibition presents 13 of our rulers, including despotesses and noblewomen, as well as medieval costumes of a ruler, a noblewoman, a nun and women from the common people. It also features documents that testify that women held important roles in society even in the Middle Ages,” Popić said, adding that the enormous contribution of women in history must not be overlooked.

Director of the Museum of the Republic of Srpska, Davor Strika, said that the Middle Ages are often perceived as a dark period, but that this exhibition shows that in the territories where Serbs lived it was actually a time of intense scientific and cultural development, in which women played an important role.