Spiritual and religious characteristics of Srebrenica and the surroundings in the 15th century
Spiritual and religious characteristics of Srebrenica and the surroundings in the 15th century

Summary/Abstract: Srebrenica was first mentioned in the written sources on 16 August1352. It was in the wider area of Osat, the region that was first mentioned in the written sources in 1283. Precisely, from the first mention it is clear that the area shares the characteristics with other parts of Bosnian spiritual aegis.Thus, the Bosnian church was a dominant religious institution that in the Srebrenica area had a significant economic role via inns that were provided to merchants within the Bosnian Church’s houses. However, through the economic strength more significant role in Srebrenica started to obtain foreigners people from Dubrovnika and the saxons – who erected the Church of St. Mary with a convict for their own needs – and around which the religious life of those settlers was built. With the establishment of Despot Stefan Lazarević’s administration Orthodox spiritual interests also penetrated. Although metropolitan and the clergy occasionally resided in the town, there were noinstitutional penetration of the faith and the construction of its objects until the Ottoman conquest. Thus, the Ottomans deserve the credit for the spread of both Islam and Orthodoxy (through migration of Vlachs) in the Srebrenica area, and the rest of Bosnia. At the same time Srebrenica became a significant economic and spiritual center from which Bosnian spiritual influence spreads over the area of east Podrinje.

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