ОД ДУКЉЕ ДО ЗЕТЕ: СРБИЈА И ЗЕТА КРАЈЕМ XII И У ПРВОЈ ПОЛОВИНИ XIII ВЕКА
FROM DOCLEA (DUKLJA) TO ZETA: SERBIA AND ZETA AT THE END OF THE 12TH AND IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 13TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: Political status of Zeta in the Serbian medieval state was best reflected in the attitude of historical sources to its name. At the time of independence under the Vojislavljevi dynasty, in the sources in Greek and Latin, Zeta was termed by the name of Duklja, derived from the name of the town which was the center of the provincial and the church administration in Roman times. The citizens of this state themselves had consistently used the name Zeta, since the name Duklja had been used in international diplomatic traffic. The royal crown provided around 1077 gave a new glow to the diplomatic name, because Zeta became the first Serbian state whose sovereign had a supreme international recognition. It was the reason why Vukan Nemanjić and his descendants persistently kept royal titles of Duklja, although they were not officially recognized by the sovereigns of Raška. Since Stephan the Prime-Coronated’s era, almost ordinarily Duklja had come within the title of the Serbian King up to half of the XIII century when Vukan’s descendants were removed from power. Thereafter Duklja returned to its Serbian name of Zeta, and Serbia separated from Doclean tradition.

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