Jovan Vladimir of Dioclea : ruler martyrdom and its reception in Serbian historiography

Malmenvall, Simon (author), Puzović, Vladislav (author)

According to the Serbian historical consciousness, Jovan Vladimir of Dioclea (Duklja, present-day Montenegro), who lived at the beginning of the eleventh century, is regarded as the first Serbian as well as first Slavic saint of the Western Balkans. He was, however, in the subsequent medieval and modern Serbian historiography, discussed as a minor historical figure or precursor of the saints from the royal Nemanjić dynasty. On the other hand, Jovan Vladimir should be understood as a part of a wider phenomenon of ruler martyrs, murdered out of political self-interest by Christians themselves, which was common in the newly Christianized lands on the northern and eastern periphery of medieval Europe. The aim of this study is to show that Jovan Vladimir, accentuating the insufficiency of the secular paradigm in (post)modern historiography, was not only a political leader, but should also be perceived as a saintly personality in accordance with the original textual material dependent on the Christian interpretative framework.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Jovan Vladimir, Dioclea (Duklja), ruler martyrs, medieval literature, Serbian historiography
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2020
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: Str. 669-683
• Numbering: Letn. 80, [št.] 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163699
• UDC: 27-36:929sv. Jovan Vladimir
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2020/03/Malmenvall
• COBISS.SI-ID: 44544259
• Publication date in RUL: 10.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik : glasilo Teološke fakultete v Ljubljani
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Teološka fakulteta
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Jovan Vladimir iz Duklje : vladarsko mučeništvo in njegov odmev v srbskem zgodovinopisju

Abstract

V skladu s srbsko zgodovinsko zavestjo velja Jovan Vladimir iz Duklje (današnje Črne Gore), ki je živel na začetku 11. stoletja, za prvega srbskega in tudi prvega slovanskega svetnika na zahodnem Balkanu. Kljub temu je bil v kasnejšem srednjeveškem in modernem srbskem zgodovinopisju obravnavan kot manj pomembna zgodovinska osebnost oziroma kot predhodnik svetnikov iz kraljevske rodbine Nemanjićev. Po drugi strani moramo Jovana Vladimirja razumeti kot del širšega pojava vladarskih mučencev, ki so jih zaradi političnih interesov umorili kristjani sami in ki je bil razširjen v novo pokristjanjenih deželah na severnem in vzhodnem obrobju srednjeveške Evrope. Cilj te študije je pokazati, da Jovan Vladimir, izpostavljajoč nezadostnost sekularne paradigme v (post)modernem zgodovinopisju, ni bil zgolj politični voditelj, temveč ga je treba dojemati tudi kot svetniško osebnost, o čemer pričuje prvotno tekstualno gradivo, ki ga opredeljuje krščanski interpretativni okvir.

• Keywords: vladarji, mučenci, svetniki, srbsko zgodovinopisje

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Funding programme: ARRS
• Project number: Z6-1883
• Name: Vladarski svetniki (mučenci) na obrobju srednjeveške Evrope: Kijevska Rusija, Norveška, Duklja