Patterns of martyrial sanctity in the royal ideology of medieval Serbia continuity and change

Especially important for the development of the holy king concept with the Serbs appears to be the early period of Serbian sovereignty, initially in Zeta, and subsequently in Raška under Stefan Nemanja and his descendants. During the eleventh century, cults of royal martyrs arise across the Slavic w...

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Main Author: Marjanović-Dušanić Smilja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Balkan Studies SASA 2006-01-01
Series:Balcanica
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2006/0350-76530637069M.pdf