Bošnjani (sing. Bošnjanin; Latin: Bosniensis), meaning Bosnians, is the archaic name for inhabitants of Bosnia during the Middle Ages. This name appears in almost all Bosnian state documents (povelje) since the 12th century, as used for the people of medieval Bosnia until the last Bosnian king Stjepan Tomašević prior to the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia. It had political and territorial meaning, without ethnic connotations. Most inhabitants of Medieval Bosnia, both noble and commoners, were Catholic and Krstjani , while a minority of the Bosnian populace adhered to Orthodoxy , mostly in the former regions of the Serbian Empire that Tvrtko I annexed to his relam.