place
Bosnia
also: Bosznia, Bosnien
A region of the western Balkans, at the time of Madách's Joseph II drama under Ottoman control. Joseph II fought alongside Russia against the Ottomans in the Austro-Turkish War (1788–91), which included operations in the Balkans; Bosnia was a theater of conflict and a target of Habsburg expansionist ambition.
Reading notes
- Emperor Joseph (Apocryphal) §6 Bosznia
A region of the western Balkans, at the time of Madách's Joseph II drama under Ottoman control. Joseph II fought alongside Russia against the Ottomans in the Austro-Turkish War (1788–91), which included operations in the Balkans; Bosnia was a theater of conflict and a target of Habsburg expansionist ambition.