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Prostagma Charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery

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ID 120299
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Case Study Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Provenance Serbian
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan issued the prostagma charter in order to confirm proprietorial rights of the Hilandar Monastery over an area in the Strumica region. The charter might have been written between 1349 and 1353.

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Komatina 2014 — 207-218

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Actors (14)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Borisь Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Branilo (1) Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery from 1347 and the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was a minor nobleman of the Serbian emperor (vlasteličikja carьstva mi Branila; vlasteličikь carьstva mi Branilo). He served as a čelnik of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (čelnika Branila). He together with the nobleman Kalavar were entrusted by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan with the delimitation of the border of the Hilandar’s possession in Lozikion (Lužac) He was sent by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in order to determine the boundary of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was endangered by the attacks of noblemen, minor noblemen and katuns of the Vlachs.
Bunilь Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Draganь (2) Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Grьčō Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Hrano Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Hrьsь (3) Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Kostōzubovь Terьjanь Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353.He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Mavriōvь Stanislavь Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Sedemilь Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Stavrakь Person Mentioned in the two variants of the chrysobull charter confirming the donations of Hrelja to the Hilandar Monastery in the area of Štip and Strumica issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery. A ford named after Stavrakь is attested in the boundary description of an area near the mountain Ōgraždeno and Draguljevo, former possessions of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, which were donated to the Chilandar Monastery and confirmed by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (I planina Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo i podьplaninьje sь vseju ōblastiju. I megja imь: brodь Stavrakь, niz Veliju rěku/ I planina Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo i podьplaninje sь vseju ōblastiju. I megja imь: brodь Stavrakь, niz Veliju rěku). The same ford appears in the boundary description, which was executed by the čelnik Branilo in order to determine the owner rights of the Hilandar Monastery over an area in the Strumica region. Braniloʼs findings were the subject matter of the prostagma charter issued by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (I utesaše megju brodь Stavrakь nizь Veliju rěku upada Vasilica).
Tornō Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Tudoricь (1) Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was an inhabitant of the village Pačkovo. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Vlьčozubь Person Mentioned in the prostagma charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Hilandar Monastery written between 1349 and 1353. He was one of the chosen Elders, who bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353.
Places (5)
Name Class Begin End Description
Breznica Place The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos donated in 1293 the land in Preasnitza with mills and nut trees, which was held by the Vlachs before, to Leon Koteanitzes in appreciation of his military service against the enemies (Ἐπεὶ ὁ οἰκεῖος τ̣ῆ̣ βασιλεία μου κῦρ Λέων ὁ Κοτεανίτζης ἐπέδειξε μὲν τὴ̣ν̣ πρὸς τὴν βασιλείαν μου πίστιν καὶ ὑπόληψιν αὐ̣τοῦ ἀκραιφνῆ καὶ ἐφάνη κατὰ διαφόρους καιρ̣ο̣ὺ̣ς̣ χρή̣σιμος καὶ λυσιτ̣ε̣λὴς ἐξαιρ̣έ̣τ̣ω̣ς̣ εἰς ἐ̣π̣ι̣θέσεις ἐχθρῶν, ἀπειλούντων β̣λάβην μ̣ε̣γ̣άλην καὶ ζημίαν εἰς τὴν χώραν̣ καὶ ε̣ἰ̣ς̣ τὰ κάσ̣τ̣ρα τῆ̣ς̣ βασιλείας μου, ἐζήτησε δὲ καὶ παρε̣κάλεσε χ̣ρ̣υ̣σοβούλλο̣υ̣ τυ̣χεῖν τῆ̣ς βασιλείας μο̣υ̣ ἐπὶ τῶ κατέχειν τ̣ὴ̣ν̣ εἰς τὴν Π̣ρ̣ε̣άσνιτζαν εὑρισκομένην γῆν, ἥτις ἀπεσπάσθη ἀπὸ διαφόρων Βλάχ̣ω̣ν̣, τ̣ὴ̣ν̣ παράκλησιν α̣ὐ̣τοῦ εὐμενῶς προσδεξαμένη ἡ βασιλεία μου̣ τὸ̣ν παρόντα̣ χ̣ρ̣υ̣σόβουλλον ΛΌΓΟΝ ἐπιχορηγεῖ καὶ ἐ̣πιβραβεύει αὐτῶ, δι’ οὗ π̣ροστάσσει καὶ δ̣ι̣ορίζεται κατέχε̣ι̣ν̣ τ̣ὸν τ̣ο̣ιοῦτον οἰκεῖον τῆ βασιλεία̣ μου κῦρ Λέοντα τὸν Κο̣τε̣α̣ν̣ίτζην τὴν ὅλην γῆν καὶ π̣εριο̣χὴν τ̣ῆς Πρεάσνιτζας μετ̣ὰ τῶν ἐκεῖσ̣ε̣ εὑρισκομένων μυλώνων καὶ καρυῶν, ἥ̣τις̣ ἄρχε̣ται ἀπὸ τοῦ συνόρου τοῦ Πέτρου κ̣α̣ὶ̣ ἀνέρχεται τὸ ἀν̣απόταμον δι’ ὅ̣λου τοῦ ποτα̣μοῦ τῆς Πρε̣ασνίτζου). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the mountain Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo with surrounding area, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343. In the boundary description of the land also the road named after the village Breznica or the river Breznica is attested (na putь brězničʼski i na Bělinь/ na putь brězničʼski i na Bělinь). The road called after the village Breznica is mentioned in the boundary description of a metochion of the Hilandar Monastery above Sekirʼnikь from 1349/1353 (putemь brězničkimь nizь brьdo na Črьvěni bregь). The village Breznica appears in the boundary description of the land in Pačkovo from 1375/1376, which was in possession of the Hilandar Monastery, as Stara Brěznica and also Brěznica (putemь prěkim u Staru Brěznicu, i vse uz Brěznicu u sinorь Hilandarski).
Bělinь Place The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the mountain Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo with surrounding area, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343. In the boundary description of the land also the place Belinь, probably a village, is attested (na putь brězničʼski i na Bělinь/ na putь brězničʼski i na Bělinь). The village Bělinь is mentioned in the boundary description of a metochion of the Hilandar Monastery above Sekirʼnikь from 1349/1353 (na Draguljevo pravo na Bjelinь).
Pačkovo Place Tudoricь, the inhabitant of the village Pačkovo, bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353. After Voin Radišikь and the Hilandar Monastery were in conflict because of the land in Pačkovo, the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš summoned a commision consisting of Danilь, the Bishop of Vodoča and Strumica, Grigorije, the Bishop of Banьska, Dabiživ Spandulj, the governor (kefalija) of Strumica, and Terijan, the čelnik, which deliminated before 1375/1376 its boundaries (Takožde bystь raspra prěd gospodinomь Kostadinom Hilandaranom s Voinom Radišikjemь na Pačkově o zemli crkovněi). The village Pačkovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Strumica in the year 1519 and 1573.
Sekirʼnikь Place The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 donated the settlement site Sekirʼnikь to the Hilandar Monastery (εἰς τὴν Στρούμμιτζαν ἀγρίδιον τὸ Σεκρίνικον μετὰ τῆς νομῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ περιοχῆς). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the settlement site Sekirʼnikь, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343. He endowed it also with a plot of land, which was owned by Laskarь Kotanicь (Selište Sekirʼnikь i komatь zemlje što jestь drьžalь Laskarь Kotanicь). Sekirʼnikь is preserved in the second variant of the charter as a village (Selo Sěkirʼnykь i zemʼlja što jestь drьžalь Laskarь Kotanicь). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in 1348 the donation of Sekirʼnikь to the Hilandar Monastery. Sekirʼnikь is attested in his chrysobull charter as a village (I niže Strumice selo Kunarani, selo Sěkirnykь, selo Štuka sь vsěmi pravinami). The čelnik Branilo was sent before 1349 by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in order to determine the boundary of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was endangered by the attacks of noblemen, minor noblemen and katuns of the Vlachs (ōbide vlastele i vlasteličiki i katuni vlahь carьstva mi na planinahь i zabelehь u Kunarahь više Sekirnika).
Stavrakь Place The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the mountain Ōgraždeno and Draguljevo with surrounding area, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343. In the boundary description of the land also the ford of Stavrakь is attested (I planina Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo i podьplaninьje sь vseju ōblastiju. I megja imь: brodь Stavrakь, niz Veliju rěku/ I planina Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo i podьplaninje sь vseju ōblastiju. I megja imь: brodь Stavrakь, niz Veliju rěku). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in the prostagma charter issued between 1349 and 1353 that the land in Strumica region belonged to the Hilandar Monastery. The boundary in dispute was deliminated by the čelnik Branilo. The ford of Stavrakь is listed among the boundary marks of the deliminated area (I utesaše megju brodь Stavrakь nizь Veliju rěku upada Vasilica).