Tepčija
tepčija (Serbian Cyrillic: тепчија) was a court title of Serbia and Bosnia in the Middle Ages. The functions and position in the court is unclear.[1][2] It was first mentioned in Serbia in the first half of the 13th century.[1] The title-holder took care of the ruler's country estates.[3] There were two or three[4] types of title-holders, the velike tepčije (great), tepčije and male tepčije (small).[5] The great ones took care of the royal estates.[6] The tepčija had a similar office to that of the kaznac.[6] The tepčija had executive authorities; his otroci (sing. otrok), servants, were lesser in rank but not slaves.[7]
The Serbian court hierarchy at the time of king Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321) was as follows: stavilac, čelnik, kaznac, tepčija and vojvoda, the supreme title.[8] In the Dečani chrysobulls of king Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31), the court dignitaries present at the Dečani assembly were the kaznac, tepčija, vojvoda, sluga and stavilac.[9]
List
- Serbia
- Obrad (fl. 1230s), veliki tepčija, served Stefan Vladislav.[10]
- Dobravac (fl. 1280), served the countess of Hum.[11]
- Kuzma (fl. 1306), served Stefan Milutin.[12]
- Hardomil, served Stefan Milutin.[13]
- Vladoje (fl. 1326), served Stefan Dečanski.[12]
- Mišljen (fl. 1330), veliki tepčija, served Stefan Dečanski.[12]
- Gradislav (fl. 1337–45), served Stefan Dušan.
- Bosnia
- Radonja (fl. 1240), served Matej Ninoslav
- Vučin
- Rados(l)av (fl. 1326–29), served Dabiša.
- Milat (fl. 1359), served Tvrtko in Hum.
- Batalo (fl. 1391–1404), lord of the župa (county) of Lašva
- Sladoje
References
- 1 2 Dragoslav Janković; Vinodol (1961). Istorija države i prava feudalne Srbije, XII-XV vek. Naućna knjiga. p. 55.
- ↑ Šarkić 1996, p. 65.
- ↑ Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti (2007). Glas. p. 23.
- ↑ Istorijski glasnik: organ Društva istoričara SR Srbije. Društvo. 1976.
- ↑ Mandić 1986, pp. 52–72.
- 1 2 Ćirković & Mihaljčić 1999, p. 733.
- ↑ Историски гласник: орган Историского друштва НР Србије. Научна књига. 1975. p. 25.
- ↑ Blagojević 2001, p. 211.
- ↑ Šarkić 1996, p. 66.
- ↑ Blagojević 2001, p. 25.
- ↑ Blagojević 2001, p. 28.
- 1 2 3 Blagojević 2001, p. 26.
- ↑ Blagojević 2001, p. 27.
Sources
- Blagojević, Miloš (2001). Državna uprava u srpskim srednjovekovnim zemljama. Službeni list SRJ. (Serbian)
- Ćirković, Sima; Mihaljčić, Rade (1999). Лексикон српског средњег века. Knowledge. (Serbian)
- Dinić, Mihailo; Ćirković, Sima (1978). Српске земље у средњем веку: историјско-географске студије. Српска књижевна задруга. (Serbian)
- Mandić, Svetislav (1986). Velika gospoda sve srpske zemlje i drugi prosopografski prilozi. Srpska književna zadruga. (Serbian)
- Purković, Miodrag (1985). Srpska kultura srednjega veka. Izd. Srpske pravoslavne eparhije za zapadnu Evropu. (Serbian)
- Šarkić, Srđan (1996). Srednjovekovno srpsko pravo. Matica srpska. (Serbian)
Further reading
- М. Благојевић, Тепчије у средњовековној Србији, Босни и Хрватској, ИГ 1-2, 1976