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Stefan Uroš II Milutin's Charter for the Monastery of Gračanica

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ID	11442
System Class	Source
Case Study	Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355)
Provenance	Serbian
Source	Charter

Description

The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin issued a charter for the Monastery of Gračanica. The original is not preserved. The text of the charter is known from the fresco of the diaconicon of the Monastarey of Gračanica. Due to this fact the date of issue is disputed. The year 1315 or 1321 comes into consideration.

literature

Zbornik 2011 — 499-504

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Actors (1)

Name	Class	Begin	End	Relation Type	Description
Borko	Person				Mentioned in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin Charter for the Monastery of Gračanica from 1315 or 1321. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated the place of Borko near Podbrezi with a court, people and also everything, which belonged to Borko in Ljašcje, to the Monastery of Gračanica. His possessions were given to the monastery within the scope of an exchange of property between Gračanica and the Bishopric of Debar (I Bane u Suhogrьlě koi běhu takožde upisani vь ōtčině mi hrisovulě, i vzehь i dahь Svetomu Nikolě jepiskuplii dьbrьskoi, a za ne dahь zaměnu Svety Bogorodici gradčanьskoi u Polozě Ōdri crьkьovь Svetago Dmitrija sь ljudmi i sь planinomь, i sь vse mi megjami pravi mi koako si je imalo se to ōd iskoni, i Borkovo město, što se nahodi u Podьbrězěhь i dvor, i u Ljašcě vse što se nadi Borkovo).

Events (1)

Name	Class	Begin	End	Description
Foundation of the monastery of Gračanica	Acquisition			The Emperor Stefan Uroš II Milutin's Charter for the Monastery of Gračanica. The original is not preserved, the text of the charter is known from the fresco of the diaconicon of the Monastarey of Gračanica. Due to this fact the date of issue is disputed. The years 1315 or 1321 come into consideration.

Places (6)

Name	Class	Description
Ljašcje	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated everything, which belonged to Borko in Ljašcě, to the Monastery of Gračanica. This property was given to the monastery as an exchange of belongings between Gračanica and the Bishopric of Debar (I u Ljašcě vse što se nadi Borkovo).
Odri	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated the village of Odri in Polog with the church of Sveti Dmitrij, people, summer pasture, all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Gračanica. These properties were given to the monastery within the scope of an exchange of property between Gračanica and the Bishopric of Debar (I Bane u Suhogrьlě koi běhu takožde upisani vь ōtčině mi hrisovulě, i vzehь i dahь Svetomu Nikolě jepiskuplii dьbrьskoi, a za ne dahь zaměnu Svety Bogorodici gradčanьskoi u Polozě Ōdri crьkьovь Svetago Dmitrija sь ljudmi i sь planinomь, i sь vse mi megjami pravi mi koako si je imalo se to ōd iskoni).
Odri, Church of Sveti Dmitrij	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated the village of Odri in Polog with the church of Sveti Dmitrij, people, summer pasture, all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Gračanica. These properties were given to the monastery within the scope of an exchange of property between Gračanica and the Bishopric of Debar (I Bane u Suhogrьlě koi běhu takožde upisani vь ōtčině mi hrisovulě, i vzehь i dahь Svetomu Nikolě jepiskuplii dьbrьskoi, a za ne dahь zaměnu Svety Bogorodici gradčanьskoi u Polozě Ōdri crьkьovь Svetago Dmitrija sь ljudmi i sь planinomь, i sь vse mi megjami pravi mi koako si je imalo se to ōd iskoni).
Odri, Summer Pasture	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated the village of Odri in Polog with the church of Svety Dmitrij, people, summer pasture, all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Gračanica. These properties were given to the monastery within the scope of an exchange of property between Gračanica and the Bishopric of Debar (I Bane u Suhogrьlě koi běhu takožde upisani vь ōtčině mi hrisovulě, i vzehь i dahь Svetomu Nikolě jepiskuplii dьbrьskoi, a za ne dahь zaměnu Svety Bogorodici gradčanьskoi u Polozě Ōdri crьkьovь Svetago Dmitrija sь ljudmi i sь planinomь, i sь vse mi megjami pravi mi koako si je imalo se to ōd iskoni).
Podbrězi	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated the place of Borko near Podbrezi with a court and people to the Monastery of Gračanica. This property was given to the monastery within the scope of an exchange of property between Gračanica and the Bishopric of Debar (i Borkovo město, što se nahodi u Podьbrězěhь i dvor).
Slavištе	Place	Slavište is attested for the first time in the charter of the Byzantine Emperor Basileios II (reigned 976-1025) for the Archbishishopric of Achrida (Ōhrid) from 1019. It is listed as a part of the Bishopric of Morobisdos (Morozvižd) (Καὶ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον Μοροβίσδου εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν Μορόβισδον καὶ τὸν Κοζιάκον καὶ τὴν Σλαβίστην). A poem in honor of the Byzantine general Michael Dukas Glabas Tarchaneiotes, which is the work of the Byzantine writer Manuel Philes (13th/14th c.), mentions amongst others the Byzantine conquest of Slavište (Εὐτζάπολιν δὲ συλλαβὼν Μοροβίσδου, Σκόπιά τε Σθλάβιτζαν ἐξ εὐανδρίας, Καὶ τὸν Πίαντζον καὶ τὸ περὶ τὸν Στρόμον, Καὶ τὸν περὶ Στρούμμιτζαν ἄφθονον τόπον). Slavište is attested in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) for the Monastery of Gračanica from 1315 (or 1321) (I po Vraniju I po Slavištu i po… i po Zletovoi, i po Morozvizdu, i si...makije iže ōt ōblasti grьčьskyje, gospodьstvujei kralь Srьbskihь Zemlь, i po jegově milosti koje podastь ōbladati jepiskupii, ili Prizrenьskoi ili Lipljanьskoi, i po Liplaně i po Moravě). A road to Slavište is mentioned in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) for the Bishopric of Zletovo from 1346/47 (i putemь koi grede u Slavišta). Due to the few and ambiguous sources, the question remains open, whether Slavište was both a town and a region in the Middle Ages. The Nahiye Slavişte formed a part of the Sanjak Köstendil in the Ottoman period (16th century).