History of the serbian people in the middle ages

Pre-requisites: Active class participation, consultations, seminar work/papers, working with sources.

Course objectives: Familiarizing students with sources from the Dubrovnik Archives which contain a rich fund of materials for the middle ages on our territories (mostly unpublished works), utilizing different types of documents, by examining their characteristics and information they provide.

Course description: Theoretical: through previous knowledge, lectures, historiography, related archives, structuring and organizing archival series doctoral candidates will be familiarized with the time period. Practical: students will have the opportunity to work with copies(images) of original sources(at least one of each type) and will be able to figure out what kind of data they can glean from each archival type.

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge on Dubrovnik Archive sources; the ability to conduct analysis independently on these sources.

Literature/Reading:

• K. Jireček, Važnost Dubrovnika u trgovačkoj povijesti srednjeg vijeka, Dubrovnik 1915.
• Isti, Istorija Srba I, II, Beograd 1952.
• V. Foretić, Povijest Dubrovnika do 1808, Zagreb 1980.
• J. Gečić, Dubrovački arhiv, GZMBIH, Sarajevo 1910, 537-588
• S. Stanojević, Dubrovački arhiv, u knjizi Istorija srpskog naroda u srednjem veku, izvori, Beograd 1937, 17-37
• Zbornik u čast 700 godina Dubrovačkog arhiva, Arhivist 29, Beograd 1979.
• A. Veselinović, Dubrovački arhiv, Mala srpska enciklopedija, Beograd 2008.