On the language of local administration according to the Old Slavonic translation of the Nomokanon Cover Image

K JAZYKU MIESTNEJ SPRÁVY PODĽA STAROSLOVIENSKEHO PREKLADU NOMOKÁNONA
On the language of local administration according to the Old Slavonic translation of the Nomokanon

Author(s): Róbert Jáger, Miroslav Lysý
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Public Administration, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Nomokanon; Ecclesiastical administration; Public administration; Methodius; Terminology; Old Slavonic;

Summary/Abstract: In the paper we try to reconstruct the system of local administration in Mojmír’s Moravia. We start from the assumption that the terms used in the Old Slavonic translation of the Nomokanon to designate units in the ecclesiastical administration probably reflected the terms used in local administration in the language of the time. Attention is devoted to units designated as oblastь, strojenije, predělъ, gradъ, město, vьsь, strana. Then we try to identify these territorial units in the system of local administration, theirplace in the supposed hierarchical structure with a hypothetical description of their organization.

  • Issue Year: 67/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 413-437
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Slovak