Село Дубница у нахији Сенице: Насеље, становништво и обичај прославе Петровдана почетком 17. века
The Village of Dubnica in the Nahiye of Senice: Settlement, Population and Custom of Celebrating St. Peter’s Day in the Beginning of the 17th Century

Summary/Abstract: In this article, based on new data from historical sources and using data available through the historiography, it was possible to identify an unknown church mentioned in Оttoman document from 1618. The aforementioned church titled as Dubnica village’s church located in nahiye of Senice was by now completely unknown. Using the oral tradition which preserved the name of Steva Vasojević’s church and its relations to the village of Dubnica it was possible to establish firm ground based on other sources and archeological data in accepting the thesis that two churches are the same one. This document suggests that the aforementioned church was an important early 17th century center and place of maintaining and exhibiting a local Christian cult devoted to St. Peter’s festival (June 29 / 12 July), one of the many holidays on which were based important social, cultural and economic relations among local inhabitants. Also, importance of Dubnica village through 15th-16th century was stressed, based on data from Ottoman census books (tahrir defterleri). According to these sources this settlement was most important one in the whole nahiye of Senice judging by number of population, local institutions, preserved oral traditions and spatial position with regard to the fact that the existence of today’s neighboring town Sjenica was not confirmed in available sources during 15th-17th century, especially the one’s belonging to the Оttoman provenances.

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