Medieval Serbian charters

Medieval Serbian charters includes mainly royal chrysobulls (hrisovulje), legal codes for state and church, and charters (povelje) determining the legal status of endowments and regulation of the population, their rights and obligations of the monastic estates. As of 1989, there were 165 preserved monastery charters, a few royal chrysobulls, and one city charter.[1]

Work Date Type Description
Charter of Hilandar (1st) 1198–99 monastery charter Stefan Nemanja for Hilandar. Founding charter.
Charter of Hilandar (2nd) 1200–01 monastery charter Stefan the First-Crowned for Hilandar.
Zakonopravilo 1219 code of law Sava for state and church.
Charter of Žiča 1220 monastery charter Stefan the First-Crowned for Žiča. Founding charter.
Charter of Skoplje 1299–1300 monastery charter Stefan Milutin for Monastery of St. George.
St. Stephen Chrysobull 1314–16 monastery charter Stefan Milutin for Banjska. Founding charter.
Charter of Gračanica 1321 monastery charter Stefan Milutin for Gračanica. Founding charter.
Dečani chrysobulls 1330 monastery charter Stefan Dečanski for Visoki Dečani. Founding charters.
Charter of Treskavac 1331–45 monastery charter Stefan Dušan for Treskavac.
Charter of Ston 1331–45 charter Stefan Dušan for Ston.
Charter of Kroja 1343 city charter Stefan Dušan for Krujë.
Dušan's Code 1349 code of law Stefan Dušan for state and church.
Holy Archangels' Chrysobull 1348–52 monastery charter Stefan Dušan for Monastery of the Holy Archangels.
Prilep Chrysobull 1346–55 charter Stefan Dušan for Karyes.
Arhiljevica Chrysobull 1354 charter Stefan Dušan for Arhiljevica.
Charter of Ravanica 1381 monastery charter Lazar for Ravanica. Founding charter.
Mining Code 1412 code of law Stefan Lazarević for Novo Brdo.
St. Paul's Decree 1430 monastery charter Đurađ Branković for St. Paul's Monastery.

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References

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  1. ^ Šarkić 1989, p. 184.

Sources

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  • Blagojević, Miloš (2001). Државна управа у српским средњовековним земљама [State administration in the Serb medieval lands] (2nd ed.). Službeni list SRJ. ISBN 9788635504971.
  • Janković, Dragoslav (1961). Istorija države i prava feudalne Srbije, XII-XV vek (in Serbian). Naućna knjiga.
  • Miklosich, Franz (1858). Monumenta Serbica spectantia historiam Serbiae, Bosnae, Ragusii. Vienna: apud Guilelmum Braumüller.
  • Mošin, Vladimir A.; Ćirković, Sima M.; Šindik, Dušan (2011). Зборник средњовековних ћириличких повеља и писама Србије, Босне и Дубровника (in Serbian). Историјски институт. ISBN 978-86-7743-090-0.
  • Šarkić, Srđan (1996). Srednjovekovno srpsko pravo [Medieval Serbian law] (in Serbian). Matica srpska. ISBN 9788636303696.
  • Šarkić, Srđan (1989). "Izvori srednjovekovnog Srpskog prava". Zbornik PFZ. 39: 184–.
  • Stojanović, Ljubomir (1929). Старе српске повеље и писма. Vol. 1. Beograd–Sremski Karlovci.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Stojanović, Ljubomir (1890). "Стари српски хрисовуљи, акти, биографије, летописи, типици, noменици, записи и др". Споменик СКА. 3.

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