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Arbanasy
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Arbanasy together with all its rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Arbanasi sь vьsěmi pravinami).
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Bela Vodica (2)
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several possessions to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica a creek named after the village of Bela Vodica is mentioned (A vo mege crьkvi matere Božijei Arьhilevьskoi ... tere nis potokь koi spade u Bělovodički potokь, tere nis potōkь bělovodički gde ishodi dolь na klepala). The village of Bela Vodica was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Bela Vodica). It is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Boikovci
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Boikovci to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Boikovci sь pravinami). It is registered as Bujkovci, Bojkovci and Prejovci in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1481/82, 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Bukurь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village/settlement site of Mokra Poljana to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of Mokra Poljana the village of Bukurь is mentioned (Selo Mokra Polěna, a mege ōi ōdь duba velijega po dělu po srědě sela na studenecь, tere niz dolь na Brehalo, terь nadь Gorobiince na Veliju Glavu, a ōdь Velije glave po dělu putemь na Bukurь I gore do rasputija i ōdь rasputija do duba ōpetь). The village of Bukurь is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Caričino (1)
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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.
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Crьkvišta
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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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Deikovo
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Deikovo to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Deikovo). The village of Deikovci, which is probably identical with the settlement site of Deikovo, was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Deikovci). In the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572 a certain village called Delovci is registered. According to the context of the latter it must have been situated in the area of Lojane, Zlokukjane and Vaksince. On account of the sources, it is possible to argue that Deikovo, Deikovci and the Ottoman Delovci were one and the same place.
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Dobrišorь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several possessions to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica the village of Dobrišorь is mentioned (A vo mege crьkvi matere Božijei Arьhilevьskoi...tere prěhodi nadь jazь Parculeve voděnice, tere na Dobrišorь do mege Rugikě).
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Drugoševci
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Drugoševci to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Sselo Drugoševci sь pravinami). It was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Drugoševci). Drugoševci may be identified with the village of Dragošnica in Ottoman times, which is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Glažnja
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Glažnja to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Glažně s megěmi i ōdьtesi i sь pravinami sela toga). It was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Glažnja). The village of Glažnja is registered as Glažna in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Glьboky dolь
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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. 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 Glьboky dolь is mentioned (Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke). The village of Glьboky dolь is also registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Gorobiince
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village/the settlement site of Mokra Poljana to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of Mokra Poljana the village of Gorobiince is mentioned (Selo Mokra Polěna, a mege ōi ōdь duba velijega po dělu po srědě sela na studenecь, tere niz dolь na Brehalo, terь nadь Gorobiince). The village of Gorobiince is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Halaševce
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several villages to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of its possessions the village of Haleševce is mentioned (ōdь touda nadь Halašaevce; ōtь touda nadь Halaševce). The village of Halaševce is registered as Kalašinci in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Izvorь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Izvorь together with its boundaries and rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Izvorь s megěmi i ōtesi i s pravinami sela togo). The village of Izvorь was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. It is mentioned in the so-called Pšinjski pomenik (15th c.). The village of Izvorь is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Jasьtrebara Glava
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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. 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 toponym (village?) Jasьtrebara Glava is mentioned (Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke, na Jasьtrebara glavu). It could be registered as Jastrebica in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Kalujanjevci
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Kalujanjevci to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Kalujanjevci).
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Kolicko
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the village of Kolicko with its boundaries and hamlets to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (I ōšte priloži carьstvo mi crьkvi matere Božije Arьhilevьske selo Kolicko s megěmi i ōdьtesi i sь zaselci i sь vsěmi pravinami sela toga). The village of Kolicko was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Kolicʼko). The village of Kolicko is registered as Količkva in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Lagoborovce
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several villages to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. Amongst others, the village of Lagoborovce is mentioned in the boundary delimitation of its possessions (tere prěko na Pribislaōvь krьstь koi jestь nadь Lagborovci/prěko na Pribisalь krьstь, koi jestь nadь Lagoborovce).
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Maistorie
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Maistorie to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Maistorije). The exact location of the village is unknown, but, on the basis of the written sources, it was probably situated in the Skopska Crna Gora.
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Maistorie Krupnici
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Maistorie Krupnici to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Maistorije Krěpinci). The village of Krupnici, probably identical with the settlement site of Maistorie Krupnici, was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Krupnici). The exact location of the settlement site is unknown, but, on the basis of the written sources, it was probably situated in the Skopska Crna Gora.
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Matea
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several possessions to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica the village of Matea is mentioned (A vo mege crьkvi matere Božijei Arьhilevьskoi...tere na gradinь dělь u goru prěko više Matěja u Črьni Vrьhь).
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Mekša
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Mekša (Sselište Mekša) to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55.
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Mokra Poljana
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Mokra Polěna to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Mokra Polěna). The charter shows a striking difference in the settlement typology, since Mokra Polěna appears as a village (selo) as well as a settlement site (selište). The village of Mokra Poljana was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Mokra Poljana). It is registered as Mezra Mokra Polana in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572, which means that the village was already abandoned at that time .
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Podlěšane
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Podlěšane together with hamlets, boundaries and all rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Podlěšane s megěmi i ōtesi i sь zaselci i sь vsěmi pravinami sela togo). The village of Podlěšane was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. It is also registered as Podišani in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Prьvevo
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Prьvevo to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Prьvevo). The exact location of the settlement site is unknown, but was probably situated on the basis of the written sources in the Skopska Crna Gora.
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Pšinja
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The village of Pšinja was named after the river Pčina. The village is probably attested in the boundary description of the village of Kolicko in 1354/55 (u pšinьski sinorь). This evidence in the charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) for the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica may also be a hint to the river Pčina itself, and not to a settlement. Both interpretations seem to be viable. The village of Pšinja is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Ipšinja in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Ruginci
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Ruginci together with its boundaries and rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica (Selo Ruginci s megěmi i ōtesi i s pravinami sela togo). It was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. The village of Ruginci is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Sedlarь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan confirmed in the year 1354 or 1355 the Sebastokrator’s Dejan’s donation of the settlement site Sedlarь to the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the village of Arhiljevica (Selište Sedlarь).
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Skačkovo Selište
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the village of Kolicko to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in 1354/55. In the boundary description of Kolicko the settlement site Skačkovo Selište is mentioned (A vo mege sela Kolicka: …tere po srědě Skačkova selišta). Without doubt Skačkovo Selište formed the nucleus of today's village of Skačkovce. The village of Skačkovce appears also in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Ali Fadil and Iskačkofči respectively in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Stanka
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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. The site appears only in the later transcript (Hil. 150). The village of Stanka is mentioned in the boundary description of Vilska (Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke). The village of Stančik, probably identical with the village of Stanka, was granted by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš to the Monastery of Hilandar in the year 1378/79 (selo Stančikja). Stanka is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Stlьpčane
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several possessions to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica the village of Stlьpčane is mentioned (A vo mege crьkvi matere Božijei Arьhilevьskoi. Ōtь krьsta putjemь koi grede ōdь Podolěšanь u Stlьpačani). The village of Stlьpčane is registered as Uslupčani in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 .
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Sveta Petka
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In 1354/55 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed the donation of several villages by Sebastokrator Dejan to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica. The toponym of Sveta Petka is mentioned in the boundary delimitation. The landholder or the donor of Svetka Petka called Takša is also attested (ta na Takšinu Svetu Petku/ta na Prosečenikь na svetu Petku). It is unclear, whether Sveta Petka was a village or a church. We suppose that it was a church. Its localisation is also unknown. The secondary literature assumes that it could have been either near Bujanovac in today's Republic of Serbia, or to the North-West of Kumanovo or to the South of Kumanovo in the Republic of North Macedonia.
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Vilska
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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. The site appears only in the later transcript (Hil. 150), which was made probably in the first decade of the 15th century. A clarification of the settlement typology is not possible, because Vilska appears in Hil. 150 as village (selo) (Selo Vilʼska i megja mu ōt Crьnaga vrьha ta na crьkvišta ta na ōbě Ōstrьvice terь na Skrьke dokle Děla teče, ōtь Dělana u Pogorь, upravь na grьbavu krušku, na Česta gumnica ōtь grьbave kruške prěko pod Gorunovicu, upravь nadь Druzetinь grobь, ōtь Druzetina groba u na Pogorь u rěku, u Caričino rěkomь, ta na Kobilo Kobilьšticomь, ta na Orlevi dělь. Dělōm na Vodičnikovu glavu. Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke, na Jasьtrebara glavu, nadь Gerakara, tere na Jabočno, na kyrь Theōdorovь ōdrь, ta na Alavandinu vodenicu, ta na Prosečenikъ na svetu Petku, prěko na Pribisalь krьstь, koi jestь nadь Lagoborovce, i ōt tuda na Halaševce, prěko na dělь Stlьpьčkyi) as well as settlement site/deserted village (selište) (Selište Vilʼska).
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Vrače
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Vrače (Selište Vrače) to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. The settlement site of Vrače is probably registered as Vrač in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. The location of the settlement site is unknown. The identification with the village of Vračevce, 18 km to the North-East of Kumanovo, is questionable.
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Vrьdunь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Vrьdunь to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Vrьdunь).
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Čankovo
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the village of Kolicko to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in 1354/55. In the boundary description of Kolicko the village of Čankovo is mentioned (A vo mege sela Kolicka: ōdь gumništa Čankova prěko po srědě prokopannьnoga puta). The village of Čankovo is registered as Čaikovo in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Žegligovo
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According to the Life of Saint Prohor Pčinjski (11th century) Prohor settled in a small cave in the deserted area of Nagoričino in Žegligovo (vь Žegligovskoj straně). The Saint met the later Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (reigned 1068-1071), who was hunting in Žegligovo. Between 1300 and 1318/21 a certain anagnost Radin from Nagoričino in Žegligovo (anagnosta Radina Nagoričanina izь Žegligova) wrote a gospel for the priest Zagoranin in Sušica. According to the Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops, written by Archbishop Danilo II and his successors, the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) gathered his army in the forefront of the Battle of Velbužd in the first half of 1330 on a field called Dobrič, located in today's South-Eastern Serbia at the confluence of the rivers Južna Morava and Toplica. He intended to confront the Bulgarian Tsar Michael III Šišman (reigned 1323-1330) at this place. As messengers informed him that the Bulgarian Tsar had reached the castle of Zemen in the upper course of the river Strymon (Struma), at that time the border between the Serbian Kingdom and the Second Bulgarian Empire, he set his army in march and first moved to Nagoričino, where he prayed in the Church of Saint George (priide vь monastirь svoi kь svetomu mučeniku Hristovu Georьgiju Nagoričьskomu). After the Serbian victory at the Battle of Velbužd near today's Kjustendil on 28 July 1330, Stefan Dečanski captured Michael Šišman and brought him to Žegligovo (aduxere eum in Segligovo), where he died and was buried in the Church of Saint George in the village of Nagoričino (et sepulchro datus est in Ecclesia sancti Georgii in pago Gorichina). In the year 1349 (u zemli žegligovьskoi) and 1354/55 respectively (u zemli žegligovьskoi) the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) mentions Žegligovo in his charters for Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica. The localisation of Arhilevjica remains unsolved. It might have lain near Preševo (today in Serbia) or in the Skopska Crna Gora in the triangle of the villages of Belanovce, Domanovci and Izvorь. In the Serbian Annals a church in the Skopska Crna Gora above Žegligovo is mentioned (u Črьmьnyje Gory, vyše Žegligova; eius vero mater aedificavit Ecclesiam in Nigro Monte, supra Segligovo). The same source often conflates Žegligovo and Nagoričino in one unit (I u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crьkov svetago velikomučenika Georgïa; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgïa; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago mučenika Georgïa; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crьkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgïa; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgïa). Žegligovo is mentioned by the Serbian Janissary Konstantin Mihailović (15th century) in his memoirs ("and as he [scilicet the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V] reached the land of Constantine, he pitched his tent in the field of Žegligovo" and "as the Sultan Mehmed [II] arrived near the field called Žegligovo on the border of Rascia"). The term "Land of Constantine" relates to the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš, who ruled over Žegligovo in the second half of the 14th century and was therefore called "Žegligovac". Žegligovo served probably as a deployment area for the Ottoman Sultan Murad I (reigned 1360-1389) before the Battle of Kosovo in June 1389 against the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović (reigned 1373-1389). The Byzantine Short Chronicles report that the Ottoman Sultan Bāyezīd I (reigned 1389-1402) handed over the relics of Saint Hilarion of Moglena (11th/12th centuries) to Konstantin Dragaš in 1394, who resided in Žegligovo (ὁποῦ ἐκάθετον εἰς τὸν Ὀζίγλοβο). Thereupon, Konstantin brought the relics to the Monastery of Sarandaporь. In the year 1395 Konstantin Dragaš fell in the Battle of Rovine against the Wallachian Voivode Mircea the Elder (reigned 1386-1418). In the year 1479 the scribe Vladislav Gramatik compiled a liturgical book (Panegyrikon) in the Monastery of Saint Bogorodica Črьnogorska at the foot of the Črьna Gora (Skopska Crna Gora) in the region of Žegligovo (vь prědělě žegligovscěm). The humanist and diplomat Felix Petančić (ca. 1455-after 1517) refers to Žegligovo as "Gegligove". In 1512 Ottoman troops pillaged Žegligovo and Ovče Pole (To lěto plěniše Turci Žegligovo, Ovče Polě). In the summer of 1550 Klementios was appointed Metropolitan of Skopje, Vranje and Žegligovo (μητρόπολιν Σκοπίου, Βράνιας καὶ Ζεγληγόβου). Žegligovo is mentioned in the Vodičnički pomenik from the 16th century. The župa of Žegligovo roughly included the area to the South of Preševo (today in Serbia), to the West of Slavište, to the North of Ovče Pole and the valley of the river Vardar and to the East of the Skopska Crna Gora.
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