Maps of Power

Crьkvišta

Begin 01.01.1388
End between 01.01.1393 and 31.12.1395

Description

On the charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Arhiljevica from the year 1354/55 there is a note according to which Dabiživь, the son of the deceased Vojvoda Dmitrь, donated the village Crьkvišta to the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Arhiljevica (Povelěnijem Božijemь prěstavi se Dmitro vojevoda sь podružijemь i s děcami; i jegda prěstavi se, sinь jego Dabiživь priloži sekirninu i naselenije otьca jego vojevode Dmitra, otroke svoje, selo rekomi Crьkvišta, crʼkvi svetije Bogorodice Arhilevice, i takozi priloži sь vsěm otesomь). The donation may occurred between 1388 (death of Dmitrь) and 1393/95. Dabiživь donated to the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Arhiljevica only the village Crьkvišta and not two villages (i.e. Crьkvišta and Sekirnina) as the secondary literature erroneously asserts. The term sekirnina means a clearing.

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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.