The Ritual Of Submission Stefan Nemanja Below Emperor Manuel I Comnenus (1172) Cover Image

Ритуал потчињавања Стефана Немање Цару Манојлу I Комнину (1172)
The Ritual Of Submission Stefan Nemanja Below Emperor Manuel I Comnenus (1172)

Author(s): Martin Marko Vučetić
Subject(s): History
Published by: Vizantološki institut SANU
Keywords: Submission; conflict settlement; symbolic communication; transfer of the ritual

Summary/Abstract: This article investigates the ceremonial of the subjection of the Serbian župan Stefan Nemanja to the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1172) and compares it with similar events of the period in question. It argues for a strong infl uence of western forms of confl ict resolution (“deditio”) in the ceremonial.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 50/1
  • Page Range: 493-503
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Serbian