Maps of Power

Second confirmation of the Metochion of Saint Demetrius

Begin 01.09.1344
End 31.08.1345

Properties

ID	5208
System Class	Acquisition
Case Study	Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Event	Confirmation of Property

Description

In the year 1344/45 the King confirmed the donation of the metochion of Saint Demetrius with vineyards and a mill to the Monastery of Treskavec (Metohь Svetyi Dimitrïe u Prilěpě s niviemь, sь vinogradi, sь mlini i sь vsěmi pravinami).

Relations

Events (1)

Name	Class	Begin	End	Description
Confirmation and Donation of Properties by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan to the Monastery of Treskavec	Acquisition			King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan issued a third Slavonic charter in 1344/45 for the Monastery of Treskavec to the north of Prilep. He confirmed current properties and donated further villages, settlements, abandoned lands, summer and winter pastures, watermills, metochia and churches in the region of Prilep to the monastery.

Actors (2)

Name	Class	Begin	End	Relation Type	Description
Monastery of Treskavec	Group
Stefan Uroš IV Dušan	Person				Stefan Dušan, also called Stefan Uroš IV, English Stephen Dushan, or Stephen Uroš IV (born 1308—died Dec. 20, 1355) king of Serbia (1331–46) and “Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, and Albanians” (1346–55), the greatest ruler of medieval Serbia, who promoted his nation’s influence and gave his people a new code of laws.

Places (1)

Name	Class	Begin	End	Description
Prilep, Sveti Dimitrie	Place			The church lies in the east of the former medieval lower town of Prilep (today Varoš). It formed an integral part of the town's medieval main square and was erected in several phases from the 12th until the 14th century. The original building was a small one-nave church (second half of the 12th century). In 1284 the whole church was decorated with new frescoes. A fundamental reconstruction was undertaken in the middle of the 14th century. Two frescoes of donors from the 14th century are preserved (one depicting Dimitrije Misinopolit, a representative of a famous noble family in Prilep). Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the Metochion of Saint Demetrius with its fields, vineyards and watermills as well as with its fair in the year 1334/35 (Metohь Svetii Dimitrїe u Prilěpě, što priložihu Misinopolitova dětьca, sь nivijemь i sь vinogradi i sь voděnicami i sь Kučьkověne selištemь i sь panagiromь i sь vьseju pravinoju togo). King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the Metochion of Saint Demetrius in the town of Prilep with the fair, vineyards and the watermill in 1343/44 (Vь gradě motohь Svetyi Dimitrie Misinopolitivь panagirь zadušnica Misinopolitovihь dětei sь nivijemь, sь vinogrady, sь voděnicijemь, sь vsěmi pravinami). In the year 1344/45 the King confirmed the donation of the Metochion of Saint Demetrius with vineyards and a mill to the monastery of Treskavec (Metohь Svetyi Dimitrïe u Prilěpě s niviemь, sь vinogradi, sь mlini i sь vsěmi pravinami).

Sources (1)

Name	Class	Description
Treskavac 3	Source	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) issued a third Slavonic charter in 1344/45 for the Monastery of Treskavec to the North of Prilep. He confirmed current properties and donated further villages, settlements, abandoned lands, summer and winter pastures, watermills and mills, a mine, metochia and churches in the region of Prilep to the monastery. Božidar Ferjančić argued that the second charter (Treskavac 2) for the Monastery of Treskavec is a forgery, while the first and third (Treskavac 1 and 3) are authentic. Djordje Bubalo advanced the opinion that the second charter (Treskavac 2) is an unofficial document based on the first and the third charter (Treskavac 1 and 3).