title: The «Fatherland» of the Serbian Kings Milutin and Dečanski or Some Additional Thoughts on the «Medieval Serbian Oecumene»
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metadata.value: Popović, Mihailo St.
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metadata.value: Zervan, Vratislav
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metadata.value: 2022-11-15T10:54:58Z
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metadata.value: 2022-11-15T10:54:58Z
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metadata.value: 2022-03
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metadata.value: Popović M. St., Zervan V. The «Fatherland» of the Serbian Kings Milutin and Dečanski or Some Additional Thoughts on the «Medieval Serbian Oecumene». Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana, 2022, vol. 1 (31), pp. 36–57.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu19.2022.102
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38577
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metadata.value: Mihailo St. Popović, in his part of the Study, follows up on the premise that an own local concept
  of ecumene was emerging during the reigns of Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Stefan Uroš III Dečanski. In his
  analysis, he relies on Serbian medieval charters and inscription. Following the analysis of the charter of
  Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Ulijare settlement, he recognizes the clear antithesis between the
  fatherland and the Serbian Land of the Serbian King on one hand, and Great Romania and the Greek Empire of the Byzantine Emperor, on the other. According to him, the narrative part of the manuscript clearly proves
  that it is not possible to notice the concept of universality in Milutin’s politics. Inspired by the research of
  Paul Nick Kardulias, he considers the Kingdom of Serbia as a self-contained space. With an emphasis on
  the examination of the charters and inscriptions, he states that during the reign of Milutin, such a space was
  probably created. From the World System Analysis perspective, charters and inscriptions from the reign of
  Stefan Uroš III Dečanski paint a slightly different picture. They probably illustrate the transition from selfcontained
  space to the great realm. In his part of the study, Vratislav Zevran focused mainly on the semantic
  level of the use of Slavic pendants of the Greek word οἰκουμένη and expressions otьčьstvije and otьčьstvo.
  The most common equivalent of the word οἰκουμένη was the loan translation vъseljenaja. By analyzing the
  use of the adjective derivative vьseljenьskyi in connection with the Byzantine common titles, he finds that the
  idea of universality prevailed only in the titles of general councils, and the only Byzantine Emperor thusly
  named was Andronikos II. Although he does not recognize the use of the adjective derivative vьseljenьskyi
  anywhere near the Serbian monarch, he believes that based on several examples, Serbian panegyric probably
  promoted the idea of a Serbian ruler who was also vьseljenьskyi. The key concept of a fatherland still lacks a
  comprehensive analysis of sources. Two forms otьčьstvije and otьčьstvo have settled in Church Slavonic. Over
  time, the ambivalence of both forms merged into a concept that implied the meaning of «family», «genus»
  and/or «generation». At the same time, they were joined by the attributes «royal» or «rulers», which indeed
  emerged on the basis of the word otьcь and worked with the meaning of the authority and power of the father.
  This concept then also appears in the hagiographic work of Danilo and his disciple.
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metadata.value: This article derives from scholarly results achieved within the FWF — Austrian Science Fund project entitled
  «Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition: Migration and Elite Change in pre-Ottoman Macedonia
  (1282–1355)» (FWF Austrian Science Fund, project P 30384-G28).
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana;Volume 31; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Serbia
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Middle Ages
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Oecumene
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Fatherland
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Byzantium
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The «Fatherland» of the Serbian Kings Milutin and Dečanski or Some Additional Thoughts on the «Medieval Serbian Oecumene»
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