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See also:JAJCE (pronounced Yaitse) , a See also:town of Bosnia, situated on the Pliva and Vrbas See also:rivers, and at the See also:terminus of a See also:branch railway from See also:Serajevo, 62 m. S.E. Pop. (1895), about 4000. Jajce occupies a conical See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, overlooking one of the finest waterfalls in See also:Europe, where the Pliva rushes down into the Vrbas, too ft. below. The 14th See also:century citadel which crowns this hill is said to have been built for Hrvoje, See also:duke of See also:Spalato, on the See also:model of the See also:Castel del' Uovo at See also:Naples; but the resemblance is very slight, and although both jajce and uovo signify " an See also:egg," the town probably derives its name from the shape of the hill. The ruined See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Luke, said by See also:legend to be the Evangelist's See also:burial See also:place, has a See also:fine See also:Italian See also:belfry, and See also:dates from the 15th century. Jezero, 5 M. W. of Jajce, contains the See also:Turkish fort of Djol-See also:Hissar, or " the See also:Lake-Fort." In this neighbourhood a See also:line of waterfalls and See also:meres, formed by the Pliva, stretches for several See also:miles, enclosed by steep rocks and See also:forest-clad mountains. The See also:power supplied by the See also:main fall, at Jajce, is used for See also:industrial purposes, but the beauty of the town remains unimpaired.
From 1463 to 1528 Jajce was the See also:principal outwork of eastern Christendom against the See also:Turks. See also:Venice contributed See also:money for its See also:defence, and See also:Hungary provided armies; while the See also:pope entreated all See also:Christian monarchs to avert its fall. In 1463 See also:Mahomet II. had seized more than 75 Bosnian fortresses, including Jajce itself; and the last See also:independent See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Bosnia, See also:Stephen Tomasevic, had been beheaded, or, according to one tradition, flayed alive, before the walls of Jajce, on a spot still called Kraljeva Polje, the " King's See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field." His See also:coffin and See also:skeleton are still displayed in St Luke's Church. The Hungarians, under King See also:Matthias I., came to the See also:- RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)
rescue, and reconquered the greater See also:part of Bosnia during the same See also:year; and, although Mahomet returned in 1464, he was again defeated at Jajce, and compelled to flee before another Hungarian advance. In 1467 Hungarian bans, or military See also:governors, were appointed to See also:rule in See also:north-See also:west Bosnia, and in 1472 Matthias appointed Nicolaus Ujlaki king of the See also:country, with Jajce for his See also:capital. This See also:kingdom lasted, in fact, for 59 years; but, after the See also:death of Ujlaki, in 1492, its rulers only See also:bore the See also:title of See also:ban, and of vojvod. In 1500 the Turks, under Bajazet II., were crushed at Jajce by the Hungarians under See also:John See also:Corvinus; and several other attacks were repelled between 1520 and 1526. But in 1526 the Hungarian power was destroyed at See also:Mohacs; and in 1528 Jajce was forced to surrender.
See See also:Brass, " Jajce, See also:die alte Konigstadt Bosniens," in Deutsche geog. Bldtter, pp. 71—85 (See also:Bremen, 1899).
End of Article: JAJCE (pronounced Yaitse)
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