Administrative divisions of medieval Serbia refer to regional
administrative divisions of
Medieval Serbia, from the 7th to the 15 the century.
Serbian Principality and Principality of Duklja
The
Byzantine Empire called the lands of the South Slavs "''
Sclaviniaes''" (from the
Sclaveni, the Southwestern branch), and they were initially outside Imperial control. By the second half of the 7th century, most of the Slavs in proximity to Byzantium had recognized the Emperor's supreme rule.
The prince (''archon'') that led the
Serbs to the Balkans and received the protection of
Heraclius
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(r. 610–641), known conventionally as the ''
Unknown Archont'', was an ancestor of the
Vlastimirović dynasty. The Serbs at that time were organized into ''
župe'', a confederation of village communities (roughly the equivalent of a county), headed by a local ''župan'' (a magistrate or governor).
According to Fine, the governorship was hereditary, and the ''župan'' reported to the Serbian prince, whom they were obliged to aid in war. Emperor
Constantine VII ''Porphyrogenitus'' (r. 913–959) mentions that the Serbian throne is inherited by ''the son'', i.e. the first-born, though in one occasion there is a
triumvirate in his enumeration of monarchs.
, the first Serbian monarch known by name, was a contemporary with
Charlemagne (fl. 768–814). He directly held the hereditary lands of
Neretva
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,
Tara,
Piva
Piva may refer to:
* Piva (river), a river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Piva, Montenegro, a region in Montenegro and tribe
* Piva River, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
* Piva Trail, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
** Battle for Piva Tr ...
and
Lim.
Radoslav
Radoslav () is a common Slavic masculine given name, derived from ''rad-'' ("happy, eager, to care") and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "eager glory". It is known since the Middle Ages. Th ...
, then Prosigoj, succeeded Višeslav, and they ruled during the revolt of
Ljudevit Posavski against the Franks (819–822). According to the
Royal Frankish Annals, written in 822, Ljudevit went from his seat at
Sisak
Sisak (; hu, Sziszek ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavin ...
to the Serbs somewhere in western Balkans, "who are said to hold a great/large part of
Dalmatia
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" (''ad Sorabos, quae natio magnam Dalmatiae partem obtinere dicitur'').
The Serbs established several future principalities by the 10th century: ''Serbia'' (roughly the later province of ''
Rascia'', including
Bosnia
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; part of ''Zagorje'' - "hinterlands"); and
Pagania,
Zachlumia,
Travunia (including
Kanalitai) and
Dioclea (part of ''
Pomorje'' - "maritime").
Serbian Grand Principality
*Luška
*Budva
*Onogošt
*Oblik
*Ribnica
*Ston
*
Popovo
*Dubrava
*
Luka
*
Dabar
The word ''dabar'' ( he, דָּבָר) means "word", "talk" or "thing" in Hebrew. ''Dabar'' occurs in various contexts in the Hebrew Bible.
The Septuagint, the oldest translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, uses the terms ''rhema'' and ''l ...
*Žapska
*Gorička
*Večenik
*Trebinje
*Urmo
*Konavlje
*Risan
*Rudina
*
Ras
Ras or RAS may refer to:
Arts and media
* RAS Records Real Authentic Sound, a reggae record label
* Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol, a south Tyrolese public broadcasting service
* Rás 1, an Icelandic radio station
* Rás 2, an Icelandic radio stati ...
*Drina
*Patkovo
*
Hvosno
Hvosno ( sr-Cyrl, Хвосно, "thick wood") was a medieval Serbian county ( sr, / ) located in the northern part of the Metohija region, in what is today Kosovo. It roughly encompassed the areas of the modern Istog and Peja municipalities. It ...
*Podrimlje
*Toplica
*Ibar
*Rasina
*West Morava
*Dubočica
*Kostrc
*Draškovina
*Sitnica
*Lab
*Lipljan
*Glbočica
*Reke
*Uska
*Pomoravlje
*Zagrlata
*Levče
*Belica
*Lim
*Kujavča
*Zatrnava
*Raban
*Pilot
Serbian Empire
Fall of the Serbian Empire
The fall of the Serbian Empire was a decades-long process in the late 14th century. Following the death of childless Emperor Stefan Uroš V in 1371, the Empire was left without an heir and the magnates, '' velikaši'', obtained the rule of its pr ...
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External links
* {{cite web, last=Janković, first=Đorđe, title=Serbian Maritime from 7th to 10th Century: Summary of the Monograph, year=2007, url=http://www.rastko.rs/arheologija/djankovic/djankovic-pomorje-info_en.html