Maps of Power

Caričino (1)

Царичино

Begin between 01.01.1354 and 31.12.1355
End between 01.01.1452 and 31.12.1453

Description

The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of Vilska to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Vilʼska I megja mu…Pogorь u rěku, u Caričino rěkōmь, ta na Kobilo Kobilьšticomь, ta na Orlevi dělь). The site appears only in the later transcript (Hil. 150), which was made probably in the first decade of the 15th century. In the boundary description of Vilska the village of Caričino is mentioned. The village of Caričino is registered in the Defter for the Vilayet Üsküb (Skopje) from the year 1452/53. We have highlighted this toponym as "Sign of Power". Our reasoning is based on the premise that the toponym "Car" (i.e. Tsar, Emperor) bears witness to imperial presence at the respective place. The toponym "Car" (in Caričino) obviously indicates, apart from a possible physical presence of the Serbian Emperor, also a possibility of a causal link with the Byzantine Emperor or the Bulgarian Tsar.

Relations

Sources (1)
Name Class Description
Arhiljevica 1 Source The chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed the foundation of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God by Sebastokrator Dejan in the village of Arhiljevica and its landed property. The original charter has not come upon us, and its content is preserved only in two later transcripts. The older one (Hilandar 36) is probably an authentic transcript, but its dating is questionable, because it contradicts historical circumstances known from other reliable sources. Therefore, the date, when the lost orginal was issued, can only be approximated to the years 1354 or 1355. Hilandar 150/152 differs from its predecessor in the dispositional section, containing two previously unmentioned villages, which do not appear even in the charter by the Serbian Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš from 1378/79. It was made in the 15th century or later with the intent of obtaining or confirming the enlargement of Chilandar's Arhiljevica metochion.