Istraživanja – Journal of Historical Researches
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Istraživanja – Journal of Historical Researches is dedicated to publishing the best academic ideas regarding all aspects of socio-political processes and events primarily in the region of Central and South East Europe, as well as the Eastern Mediterranean. However, the geographical focus is not strict since the studies of all phenomena and processes which occur elsewhere but are relevant for mentioned geographical area are welcomed. Since the University of Novi Sad is located in the part of the world where different civilizations, cultures, religions and peoples have met and intertwined for millennia, Istraživanja especially emphasizes the critical research of the impact and significance of these mutual interactions and entanglements. The Journal greatly values an interdisciplinary approach, which is why it publishes not only the papers that study “typical” political history, but also works which critically analyze social and cultural life in the past (material culture, political thought, literature, religion, etc.) and come from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, art history and classical studies. However, Istraživanja - Journal of Historical Researches does not publish "rough" unanalyzed materials, field, questionnaires and interviews reports, pure linguistic analyses or any kind of contributions limited to bare reproduction of data and uncritical synthesis of previous scholarship.
ISSN: 0350-2112
eISSN: 2406-1131
UDC: 94(082)
COBISS.SR-ID: 17763584
doi: 10.19090/i
Published by: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Journal website
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- FROM AGRARIAN HISTORY
- The paper analyzes the cultivation and representation of lentils and fava beans in medieval Serbia until the end of the 15th century. Their use in the everyday diet of people was influenced by their high protein content. Serbian medieval sources (typikons, charters) indicate that lentil was an obligatory part of monastic meals. The available information on fava beans is scarce, but it can be concluded that they were used in the diet of the poorest social classes. Turkish census records (defterler) created immediately after the Turkish conquest of Serbian lands illustrate the economic circumstances of the time they were compiled and demonstrate the representation of legumes in the production of the time, prompting their analysis in this paper. The paper further briefly analyzes the works of Greek and Roman authors referring to the cultivation and use of legumes in the diet of people, and their usage in religious purposes. Legumes are also shown in the context of traditional Serbian culture.
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- HISTORIOGRAPHICAL WORK OF SIMEON PIŠČEVIĆ
- The paper focuses on the historiographical work of Simeon Piščević (1731–1797) History of Serbian People (Istorija srpskog naroda) written in Russia at the end of the 18th century. Simeon Piščević was a Serb who started serving military in the Austrian army during the War of the Austrian Succession and then went to the Russian army, where he got as far as to the rank of general. Miloš Crnjanski partly based the main character of his novel Migrations (Seobe) on this person. The first part of the paper focuses on the history of his manuscript, which remained unknown until the end of the 19th century, while the second part presents the structure of this work, the sources on which the author relied and the methods that Piščević applied as a historian.
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- IDEAS OF STOIC PHILOSOPHY IN SERBIAN MEDIAEVAL LAW
- Although the textbooks of Stoic philosophers did not survive from the period of independence of the Serbian mediaeval State (from the 12th to the 15th century), some Stoic ideas emerged in Serbia through the texts of Roman lawyers, who in the period of the Principate wrote under the great influence of Stoic philosophy. However, Serbian lawyers did not read the original Latin works of Roman jurists, but rather their Greek translations and adaptations from Byzantine legal miscellanies. Some ideas of Stoic philosophy could be found in several chapters of the Serbian translation of the Syntagma, a nomokanonic miscellany put together in 24 titles (each title has a sign of one of the letters of Greek alphabet) by the monk Matheas Blastares from Thessaloniki. The fragments were taken from Roman jurisprudentes Gaius and Florentinus.
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- INHUMACIJA U RANORIMSKOM PERIODU NA CENTRALNOM BALKANU
- The author of the paper tried to reconsider the issue of the spread of inhumation in the area of the Central Balkans in the period of early Roman Empire. The opinion of the author was that the existing interpretations had serious deficiencies, as they relied on the culture-history archaeological paradigm. Hence, the model that dominated the Roman archaeology in the territory of former Yugoslavia presupposed that inhumation could be related to the oriental population that had migrated to the area of the Central Balkans, who practiced this treatment of a dead body and spread it within the provincial societies as a part of a general cultural influence. Another view, although lone, considered that inhumation was spread in the course of the Romanization process inspirited by newcomers from Italy and the Western provinces. Both standpoints took migrations and superior cultural influences as the main reasons behind the acceptance and eventual predominance of the inhumation. Contrary to these views, and based on the opinion that burial rites were related to the social structure, the author offered an interpretation which implied that the inhumation rite could be regarded as a means for expression of the redefined social positions that took place in the context of integration of local societies and larger, “global”, Roman socio-political system. In this respect, the acceptance of the inhumation could have meant the break with some parts of the old socio-ideological system and symbolical articulation of the new social roles. This, of course, did not mean that the inhumation should be seen as a practice characteristic for particular social strata, or related exclusively to some social categories. Instead, it should be seen as one among various social strategies that had been used according to the estimated symbolic capital which could have been gained by it.
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- ITALIAN DIPLOMACY ON MILAN STOJADINOVIĆ AFTER HIS FALL FROM POWER
- Based on primary sources, memoirs, and the relevant literature, this paper examines the attitude of Italian diplomacy towards Milan Stojadinović, a former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, after his fall from power in February 1939. The abovementioned refers primarily to the Foreign Minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano and Italian envoys in Belgrade Mario Indelli and Francesco Mamelli, but it also includes other diplomats and the Italian press.
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- JEDAN KRATAK PREGLED POLITIČKIH PRILIKA RIMSKOG CARSTVA U 4. I 5. VEKU
- In the latter half of the fourth century, Rome entered its final phase of existence as a unified empire and great military, economic and cultural power. Problems which had been gathering for years throughout the empire culminated in this period, leading over the next few decades to the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the beginning of a new era, the Middle Ages. This work seeks to expand the historical picture with new findings regarding the late Roman Empire.
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- LIBRARY OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF SERBA IN 1846
- This paper presents the content of the library fund (a list of books, periodicals and manuscripts) of the library of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Serbia in 1846. The fund was quantitatively analyzed according to the languages in which the works were written. The paper also explains when, how and why some titles were acquired for the library. The paper was written on the basis of relevant literature and published and unpublished archival materials of Serbian origin.
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- MARIA FOLLIA, A COURT LADY OF THE HUNGARIAN QUEEN ELIZABETH ŁOKIETEK, ACCOMPANYING HER MISTRESS ON A JOURNEY TO ITALY
- The journey and stay of the Hungarian queen Elizabeth Łokietek, mother of King Lajos the Great and widow of King Charles Robert, to the Kingdoms of Naples and Rome from June 1343 until May 1344, is a well-researched topic in historiography. On that journey the queen was accompanied, as a Hungarian chronicler noted, by her court, numerous ladies-in-waiting, girls of noble origin, Hungarian barons, knights and servants. Yet, of all the women accompanying the queen, only the identity of one of her court ladies is known, that of aristocrat Maria Follia. Her presence in the (closest) surrounding of the queen is testified by two diplomatic sources, one of Hungarian and another of Naples provenance. Maria was the widow of a recently deceased Hungarian palatine William Drugeth (who died in September 1342). The author in this paper investigates the causes and complex circumstances under which Maria Follia participated in the Italian journey of her mistress. The issue is all the more interesting since it is known that, after the death of palatine William, the Drugeth family, until then the most powerful Hungarian baron family, lost their wealth, fortune and positions in the royal court. One of the possible answers to this question is a conclusion that the palatine’s widow, independent of her husband’s family, stayed in good relations with Queen Elizabeth and kept her positions in the royal court.
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- MARKET LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK OF VRANJE
- The banking system of the Kingdom of Serbia, and later of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, was principally characterized by numerous small, local money bureaus. These bureaus were founded with the purpose of providing the necessary capital and profit to their shareholders, as well as offering the ground for the capital placement in times of economic depression. The Market Loan and Savings Bank of Vranje was established in the time of a great financial crisis and is thus an example of the money bureau of the aforementioned nature. Moreover, it is the evidence of how the Great Depression affected the private banking system in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. This paper is based on archival materials and relevant reference materials from both national and international sources.