Tepčija

Tepčija Gradislav and his wife, Treskavac Monastery.

tepčija (Serbian Cyrillic: тепчија) was a court title of Serbia and Bosnia in the Middle Ages. The functions and position in the court is unclear.[1][2] It was first mentioned in Serbia in the first half of the 13th century.[1] The title-holder took care of the ruler's country estates.[3] There were two or three[4] types of title-holders, the velike tepčije (great), tepčije and male tepčije (small).[5] The great ones took care of the royal estates.[6] The tepčija had a similar office to that of the kaznac.[6] The tepčija had executive authorities; his otroci (sing. otrok), servants, were lesser in rank but not slaves.[7]

The Serbian court hierarchy at the time of king Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321) was as follows: stavilac, čelnik, kaznac, tepčija and vojvoda, the supreme title.[8] In the Dečani chrysobulls of king Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31), the court dignitaries present at the Dečani assembly were the kaznac, tepčija, vojvoda, sluga and stavilac.[9]

List

Serbia
Bosnia

References

  1. 1 2 Dragoslav Janković; Vinodol (1961). Istorija države i prava feudalne Srbije, XII-XV vek. Naućna knjiga. p. 55.
  2. ↑ Šarkić 1996, p. 65.
  3. ↑ Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti (2007). Glas. p. 23.
  4. ↑ Istorijski glasnik: organ Društva istoričara SR Srbije. Društvo. 1976.
  5. ↑ Mandić 1986, pp. 52–72.
  6. 1 2 Ćirković & Mihaljčić 1999, p. 733.
  7. ↑ Историски гласник: орган Историского друштва НР Србије. Научна књига. 1975. p. 25.
  8. ↑ Blagojević 2001, p. 211.
  9. ↑ Šarkić 1996, p. 66.
  10. ↑ Blagojević 2001, p. 25.
  11. ↑ Blagojević 2001, p. 28.
  12. 1 2 3 Blagojević 2001, p. 26.
  13. ↑ Blagojević 2001, p. 27.

Sources

Further reading

  • М. Благојевић, Тепчије у средњовековној Србији, Босни и Хрватској, ИГ 1-2, 1976
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