Review article
https://doi.org/10.58565/vda.4.1.9
Documents of the Dubrovnik State Archives as a source for the medieval history of Bosnia
Emir O. Filipović
orcid.org/0000-0002-8998-7643
; University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
This paper offers a succinct but informative overview and evaluation of documentary sources from the Dubrovnik State Archives that pertain to the medieval history of Bosnia. It describes the type, kind and most important characteristics of these archival records, with special attention devoted to the preserved corpus of Cyrillic and Latin documents followed by a detailed account of the editions in which they were published. The article also analyzes the records from the chancery and notary offices of the Ragusan commune, with a particular survey of individual and specialized sequences of archival registers that contain the most information about the political, social and economic circumstances in Bosnia during the Middle Ages. Even though it has long been established that the documents of the Dubrovnik State Archives are an indispensable source for the study of all aspects of life in the immediate Ragusan hinterland, this paper is a first attempt to describe them in a more systematic and comprehensive manner for the purposes of future researchers of medieval Bosnian history.
Keywords
Dubrovnik State Archives; medieval Bosnia; historiography; diplomatic sources
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314348
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Publication date:
26.2.2024.
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