Imagining the Ruler's Genealogy in Medieval Serbia
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Abstract: The paper explores the ways in which medieval Serbian rulers used various forms of genealogical representations in order to demonstrate their political status or ambition. It is striking that in all of them, ranging from the diverse lineages, painted genealogies, written monastic and lay genealogies, the rulers were unavoidably depicted as the heirs to the first dynastic saints. In the first three cases they are descended from Saint Simeon, either in company or without his son Saint Sava, whereas in the latter they are the successors of the holy Emperor Constantine the Great. Hence, genealogies embody the medieval epistemology of origins, understood as the source of value and political right.
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genealogies / epistemology of origins / imaginative memory / Saint Simeon and Saint Sava / Constantine the GreatSource:
Revue des études sud-est européennes, 2017, 55, 73-88Funding / projects:
- Medieval Serbian lands (XIII-XV century): political, economic, social and legal processes (RS-177029)
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Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Vasiljević, Marija PY - 2017 UR - http://revista.acadsudest.ro/Arhivă/Revista%202017/RESEE%2055%202017.pdf UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/6257 AB - Abstract: The paper explores the ways in which medieval Serbian rulers used various forms of genealogical representations in order to demonstrate their political status or ambition. It is striking that in all of them, ranging from the diverse lineages, painted genealogies, written monastic and lay genealogies, the rulers were unavoidably depicted as the heirs to the first dynastic saints. In the first three cases they are descended from Saint Simeon, either in company or without his son Saint Sava, whereas in the latter they are the successors of the holy Emperor Constantine the Great. Hence, genealogies embody the medieval epistemology of origins, understood as the source of value and political right. T2 - Revue des études sud-est européennes T1 - Imagining the Ruler's Genealogy in Medieval Serbia SP - 73 EP - 88 IS - 55 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_6257 ER -
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Vasiljević, M.. (2017). Imagining the Ruler's Genealogy in Medieval Serbia. in Revue des études sud-est européennes(55), 73-88. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_6257
Vasiljević M. Imagining the Ruler's Genealogy in Medieval Serbia. in Revue des études sud-est européennes. 2017;(55):73-88. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_6257 .
Vasiljević, Marija, "Imagining the Ruler's Genealogy in Medieval Serbia" in Revue des études sud-est européennes, no. 55 (2017):73-88, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_6257 .