Maps of Power

Donation/Confirmation of the Summer Pasture Soštně

Begin 01.01.1299
End 31.05.1308

Properties

ID 11578
System Class Acquisition
Case Study Ethnonym of the Vlachs , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Event Donation

Description

In 1299/1300 or May 1308 (?) the Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - donated and confirmed the donation of the summer pasture called Soštně to the Monastery of Chilandar.

Relations

Events (1)
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.
Actors (3)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Michael IX Palaiologos Person Michael IX Palaiologos was from 1294/95 to 1320 Co-Emperor of Andronikos II and father of Andronikos III.
Monastery of Chilandar Group Serbian Monastery on the Holy Mount Athos, which was founded by the Serbian Saint Sava.
Vlachs Group Romanesque speaking people on the Balkans. Maybe descendents of the ancient Latin-speaking population of the Roman provinces on the Balkans.
Sources (1)
Name Class Description
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.
Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Sōsthnai, Summer Pastures Place The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos (reigned 1295-1320) donated two summer pastures called Sōsthnai to the Monastery of Sveti Nikita in ca. 1299/1300 (ἑτέρας δύο πλανηνὰς καλουμένας Σώσθνας). The source-based context suggests that these summer pastures were located in the mountains to the East of the village of Λουμποτάνιον. In a charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (reigned 1282-1328), at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321), in ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) for the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos the donation of the respective summer pastures is confirmed (Druzě dvě planině narekoměi Soštně).