This is a list of Serbian chronicles, a group of early Serbian historiographical works (genealogies and annals) from the late medieval and early modern periods, hence called the Old Serbian annals and genealogies (Serbian: Стари српски родослови и летописи / Stari srpski rodoslovi i letopisi). There exist approximately 50 Serbian works of these types from the period between the 15th and the 18th centuries, written in the old Serbian language and Cyrillic script. They are divided into letopisi (annals) and rodoslovi (genealogies).

NameTime frameComposedNotes
Carostavnik14th century
Vrhobreznica Chronicle–13711650Gavrilo, a hermit, collected earlier annals in his redaction composed in 1650 at the Vrhobreznica monastery. Part of a manuscript archived as Prague Museum #29 (together with Vrhobreznica Genealogy).
Vrhobreznica Genealogy1650Gavrilo, a hermit, shortened an earlier original in his redaction composed in 1650 at the Vrhobreznica monastery. Part of a manuscript archived as Prague Museum #29 (together with Vrhobreznica Chronicle).
Constantine's Genealogy1166–14311431Constantine of Kostenets's Life of Despot Stefan Lazarević includes a genealogy of the Nemanjić dynasty up until Despot Stefan Lazarević, in chapters 14–16. Survived in several manuscripts.
Koporin Chronicle–13711453Damjan, a deacon, wrote the annals on the order of Archbishop of Zeta, Josif, at the Koporin monastery.
Studenica Chronicle–in 14th c.1350–1400Oldest survived copy in a 16th-century manuscript, together with a younger annals.
Cetinje Chronicle–in 14th c.end of 16th c.A manuscript collection from the end of the 16th c.
Karlovac Chronicle1418–27
Dečani Chronicle1450–15001595 manuscript.
Karlovci Chronicle1503
Tronoša Chronicle15261791 manuscript.
Peć Chronicle–in 14th c.early 16th c.
Ruvarac's Genealogy–in 16th c.1533–1584The manuscript written 1712–25, archived as 'Karl. patr. bibl. br. 175', includes a genealogy, list of Serbian patriarchs, and a younger annals.
Berković Chronicle
Branković Chronicle
Ostojić Chronicle
Sečenić Chronicle
Vukomanović Chronicle
Pejatović Chronicle17th c.17th-century manuscript, published by At. Pejatović in Spomenik XXXVIII. Archived as 'Nar. Bibl. br. 631'.
Ćorović ChronicleA manuscript dating to the end of 17th c./beg. 18th c., published by Vladimir Ćorović in Spomenik LXVI. Archived as 'III a 43'.
Magarašević Chronicle
Pajsije's Genealogypre-1642Pajsije, Serbian Patriarch (1614–1647), included a genealogy in the Life of Emperor Uroš.

Non-Serbian chronicles including Serbian history

See also

Sources

  • Ćirković, Sima (2004). . Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
  • Stojanović, Ljubomir (1927). . Srpska kraljevska akademija.
  • Dvornik, Francis (1962). "Slavic Medieval Cultural Achievements". . Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-0799-6. {{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Further reading

  • Alekseev, Sergey V. (2015). . Знание. Понимание. Умение. 2015 (4). doi:.
  • Alekseev, Sergey V. (2014). [Serbian historical hagiography: Between the chronicle and vita]. Знание. Понимание. Умение. 2014 (3): 148–156. doi:.
  • Banašević, N. (1955). "Letopisci o poreklu Nemanjića". Prilozi KJIF. 21 (1–2): 5–13.
  • Bogdanović, D. (1982). Istorija stare srpska književnost. Beograd.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ćirković, S. (1998). "Srpski letopisi i vizantijske kratke hronike". Srpska književnost u doba despotovine, Naučni skup Despotovac 22—23. 8. 1997. Despotovac: 101–107.
  • Jakšić, Dejan (2016). "ON THE NAMES OF OLD SERBIAN CHRONICLES (LETOPISI)". Istraživanja: Journal of Historical Researches. 24: 223–233.
  • Mihaljčić, R. (1999). "Letopisi". Leksikon srpskog srednjeg veka. Beograd. pp. 367–368.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Novaković, R. (1955). "Никољски летопис" [Nikoljski annals]. Зборник Филозофског факултета у Београду. 3: 160–169.
  • Radojčić, Đorđe Sp. (1948). "Доба постанка и развој старих српских родослова" [The time of origin and development of Old Serbian genealogies]. Историјски гласник. 2: 21–36.
  • Ruvarac, Ilarion (1856). Pregled domaćih izvora stare srpske povesnice. Sedmica.
  • Stojanović, Lj. (1927). [Old Serbian genealogies and annals] (in Serbian). Beograd: Српска Краљевска академија.
  • Trifunović, Đ. (1961). "Minijatorski stil stare srpske književnosti". Književnost. 32 (6): 511–522.
  • Vasiljević, Marija (2015). "Настанак српских родослова и летописа као последица политичких и друштвених промена" [The Emergence of Serbian Genealogies and Chronicles as a Consequence of Political and Social Changes]. Иницијал. Часопис за средњовековне студије. 3: 95–117.

External links

  • . Стара српска књижевност (in Serbian). Istorijska biblioteka.