Serbian Despotate (1402–1459) (Doc.)

Pre-requisites: The corresponding year of studies, ie semester, regular attendance, active participation in the work on the sources and fulfillment of the planned pre-registration obligations.

Course objectives: Introduction to historical flows and social processes in the Serbian state during the Serbian Despotate, from 1402 to 1459. Mastering knowledge and skills of critical work with sources for a given epoch.

Course description: Theoretical teaching: Through lectures, students are introduced to historical processes in the Serbian state during the Serbian Despotate (1402-1459), social trends, international relations, economic, political and cultural flows. Practical teaching: Reading and analysis of selected sources in Serbian and Latin, deepening the methodology of work at sources and acquiring practical knowledge to upgrade existing ones.

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge of political, social, economic and cultural opportunities in Serbian despotate (1402-1459). The ability of independent critical approach to sources and their use in deepening the existing knowledge and finding new facts.

Literature/Reading:

• A. Veselinović, Država srpskih despota, Beograd 2006.
• K. Jireček, Istorija Srba I–II, Beograd 1952 (ili neko od kasnijih izdanja).
• Istorija srpskog naroda II, Beograd 1982 (ili neko od kasnijih izdanja).
• Leksikon srpskog srednjeg veka, priredili S. Ćirković i R. Mihaljčić, Beograd 1999.
• M. Dinić, Za istoriju rudarstva u srednjovekovnoj Srbiji i Bosni I-II, Beograd 1955-1962.
• M. Dinić, Srpske zemlje u srednjem veku, Beograd 1978.
• D. Kovačević, R. Ćuk, S. Ćirković, Staro srpsko rudarstvo, Beograd 2002.
• J. Kalić, Srbi u poznom srednjem veku, Beograd 1994 (ili neko od kasnijih izdanja).
• M. Purković, Knez i despot Stefan Lazarević, Beograd 1978.
• M. Spremić, Despot Đurađ Branković i njegovo doba, Beograd 1994.
• A. Veselinović, Dubrovačko Malo veće o Srbiji 1415-1460, Beograd 1997.