Османска тапија (tapuname) манастира Вољавча из 1538/9. године - прилог историји манастира
Ottoman Title-deed (tapuname) of Voljavča Monastery from Year 1538/9 - Appendix to the History of the Monastery

Summary/Abstract: In this article based on an Ottoman document from the year 1538/9. preserved in the Archives of Serbia in the fund of Mita Petrović several questions related to the monastery Voljavča have been analyzed. This document known as title-deed (tapû) was observed from diplomatic point of view in accordance with the type and purpose of sources to which it belongs. On its basis it was possible to determine the first mention of the monastery in the available sources, probably from 1516.Also, due to this document we have partially analyzed genesis and background of the so-called “monastery chronicle” present in historiography since the mid-19th century in which the founder of the monastery was identified as Michael Kojčinović, a person mentioned for the first time in the available sources among the witnesses of title-deed from 1538/9. This document also provides several insights into the extent of the monastery land included within one of the timâr’s in Rudnik district based on the former historical toponymy and onomastics, which is still largely preserved today.

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