Uses of The Title
The title was used for local land administrators in the southern Slavonic areas of Croatia and Bosnia in the early Middle Ages, as well as in present-day Serbia (Banate of Macsó). The title was later on also used in the historical Kingdom of Croatia, Kingdom of Bosnia and the Kingdom of Hungary and its dependencies.
The title was used also in Wallachia up to 19th century (where it was associated with the highest boyar office and the region of Oltenia or Severin Banat), medieval Moldavia, the Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. The meaning of the title changed with time — the position of a ban can be compared to that of a viceroy or a high vassal such as a hereditary duke, but neither is accurate for all historical bans. The territory ruled by a ban was called banat or banovina, often transcribed to English as banate, banat, bannat, etc.
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