Maps of Power

Skopje

Scopia, Skoplje, Скопје, Скопље

Begin 01.09.1258
End 31.12.1522

Properties

ID	198
System Class	Place
Place	Permanent Settlement
Case Study	Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 , Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355)
Sign of Power	Infrastructure [eco.] , Military , Economic , Infrastructure [cul.] , Vertical Interaction , Horizontal Interaction , Political , Cult , Infrastructure [mil.]
Administrative unit	Region of Skopje / Скопски регион
Historical place	Kingdom of Serbia , Second Bulgarian Empire , Byzantine Empire , Serbian Empire

Description

The Bulgarian Tsar Constantine I Asen mentioned the town of Skopje in his donation of goods to the Monastery of St. George-Gorg (na brъdě Vir'gině prěmo Skopii grad(a) nadь Serěvǫ, vь grad(ě) Skopьskomъ). The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos mentioned the town of Skopje in his donation to the monastery of Saint Nikita in the years 1299/1300 (πλησίον [τῶν Σκοπίων]). In 1299/1300 or 1308 a Serbian version of a charter by Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin - confirmed the donations made by Michael IX (ō priloženi ježe vь Skopi ). In both charters the Upper Town of Skopje is also mentioned (kь gradu Skopьskomu/ἀπὸ τοῦ κάστρου τῶν Σκοπίων). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin confirmed the donations by Tsar Constantine I Asen and added new properties to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg (svetago i velikago mučenika Hristova Gjeōrgiïa prěmo Skopiju gradu na Seravě na brьdě rekoměmь Verьginь). On 1 January 1345 the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan issued a charter in Skopje concerning the Tower of Hrusija on the Holy Mount Athos. In the period from April until August 1346 King Stefan Dušan enacted a series of charters in Skopje for several monasteries on the Holy Mount Athos, for Georgios Phokopoulos and for Dubrovnik. In the year 1346/47 the same King mentioned the town of Skopje in the foundation charter of the episcopal see in Zletovo (такодже и подвигосмо всечьстнѹю Скопию), which he most probably issued in Skopje itself. On 21 May 1349 Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan issued a charter for the anagnost Dragoje in Skopje. In the years 1354/55 the same Emperor enacted a charter in Skopje for the Church of the Presentation of the Theotokos in Arhiljevica.

Petančić mentioned it in 1522 as Scopia.

literature

Actes de Chilandar I — 174-175 , Actes de Vatopédi II — 202 , Boškoski 2009 — 186-233 , Daničić 1866 — 108-109, 126, 343-344, 378 , Failler/Laurent 1984a — 151 , Fostikov 2014 — 91. 98. 121 , Gregoras, Historia — II, 639 , Grujić 1933a — 4-188 , Hafner 1976 — 151-152 , Kantakuzenos, Historia — II, 259. III, 133-135 , Koder 2006 — 159-183 , Kravari 1989 — 160-164 , Kyriakides 1956 — 450-452 , Lascaris 1951 — 265-268 , Lascaris 1953 — 5-10 , Mihaljčić 2004 — 74 , Miller 1857 — 254 , Popović (Mihailo St.) 2015 — 35-55 , Purković 1938b — 240-241 , Purković 1940 — 65-84 , Radić 2010b — 261-263 , Radojčić 1940 — 124-125, 131-134, 146-149 , Radojčić 1960 — 43 , Slaveva 1980b — 422 , Solovjev 1936 — 345-348 , Soulis 1984 — 45, 91, 102-103 , Tomović 1972 — 96-97 , Trapp 2002 — Nr. 5717, 8623, 19735, 20429, 21181 , Vujošević 2015 — 163-165 , Walter 1996 — 296-298 , Zbornik 2011 — 221, 317, 406 , https://recogito.pelagios.org/document/7kuopsabuj7hxi/part/1/edit#fde8759c-b025-4890-ab86-f2738f0fb307 — The Ohio State University, Hilandar Research Library (HRL), HM.SDS.133a (King Milutin, 1300) , Ćirković 2002b — 101

Relations

Events (2)

Name	Class	Begin	End	Description
Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated goods and possessions to the monastery of Chilandar	Acquisition			In ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) the Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos issued - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - a charter for the tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos, through which the possessions of the Monastery of Saint Nikita in and near Skopje were confirmed.
Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos donated goods and possessions to the monastery of Chilandar	Acquisition			In 1299/1300 or May 1308 (?) the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos donated and confirmed donations - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - to the Monastery of Chilandar.

Sources (6)

Name	Class	Description
Lesnovo 2	Source	In 1346/47 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) issued the foundation charter of the Bishopric of Zletovo, by which the Monastery of Lesnovo was defined as its see.
Macedonisches Becken mit dem albanesischen Küstengebiete	Source	ZITAT ÜBERARBEITEN Macedonisches Becken mit dem albanesischen Küstengebiete, Beilage 5 1:1500000 1886 (Militär-Geographie.png).
Skopje Monastery of St. George 1	Source	The Bulgarian Tsar Konstantin I Asen (reigned 1257-1277) confirmed previous donations of properties and people to the Monastery of St. George-Gorg near Skopje and added his own. The charter is dated to the years of his reign (1257/58-1277).
Skopje Monastery of St. George 2	Source	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282–1321) issued this charter after the refurbishment of the Monastery of St. George-Gorg near Skopje in the year 1300. He confirmed the donations given to the monastery by former Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian rulers. Finally, King Milutin also granted new privileges, landed property and population to the respective monastery.
Skopje Sveti Nikita 1	Source	In ca. 1299/1300 the Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos (reigned 1295-1320) issued a charter for the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos, through which the possessions of the Monastery of Sveti Nikita in and near Skopje were confirmed.
Skopje Sveti Nikita 2	Source	In ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (reigned 1282-1328) confirmed, at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321), the possessions of the Monastery of Sveti Nikita near Skopje for the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos. This charter is only preserved in a Serbian translation. It seems plausible that Andronikos II had also issued a Greek charter in the years 1299/1300, because a parallel Byzantine charter on this topic is preserved by his Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos (reigned 1295-1320), which was issued most probably in the years 1299/1300 and in which most of the mentioned places had also been donated.