Danica Popović
Biographic Data
| ID | 4012885 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Danica Popović |
| GIVEN NAMES | Danica |
| FAMILY NAME | Popović |
| SIGNATURE | POPOVIĆ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Balkan Studies of the SASA, Belgrade |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The tomb of Queen Theodora at the Banjska Monastery - another reexamination
The paper explores the problem of the tomb of Queen Theodora, the first wife of King Stefan Decanski and mother of King and later Emperor Stefan Dusan, at the Banjska Monastery, a foundation of King Stefan Uros II Milutin. The tomb is the main topic of the charter King Dusan issued to this monastery. The paper minutely examines the previous research on the subject, including different identifications of the personages buried at Banjska. Special a…
The Myhrr-exuding tomb of St Symeon of Serbia at Studenica
The latest results of the investigation of the royal tombs at the monastery of Studenica, Serbia, have inspired a reconsideration of the place of burial of some members of the Nemanjic family. There is further evidence that the tomb and sarcophagus of the ktetor, Stefan Nemanja, formed part of the original design for the church. Based on their construction and comparative material, it is assumed that the relics of St Symeon, upon their translatio…
When was king Stefan the first-crowned included among the saints? A contribution to the study of royal “canonization” in medieval Serbia
The surviving sources suggest that St Sava of Serbia was, as part of the programme of securing sacral legitimacy for the state and dynasty, setting the scene for the inclusion of his brother Stefan, the first-crowned Serbian king, among the saints. This part of the programme was not fully realized, but the focus of the cult was on the incorrupt relics. The cult of Stefan the First-Crowned was not rounded off until the seventeenth century, when th…
A staurotheke of Serbian provenance in Pienza
The paper discusses the virtually unpublished reliquary of Serbian provenance now kept in the Museo Diocesano in Pienza. It tackles the issue of the typology of the staurotheke, its decoration and symbolic significance. Based on its Old-Serbian inscription, ?Sava, the first archbishop and patriarch of the Serbs?, the reliquary is dated to the last quarter of the fourteenth century and related to the programme of the Serbian Patriarchate. The surv…
Human Y‐chromosome short tandem repeats
Southeastern Europe and, particularly, the Balkan Peninsula are especially useful when studying the mechanisms responsible for generating the current distribution of Paleolithic and Neolithic genetic signals observed throughout Europe. In this study, 404 individuals from Montenegro and 179 individuals from Serbia were typed for 17 Y‐STR loci and compared across 9 Y‐STR loci to geographically targeted previously published collections to ascertain …
Deserts and holy mountains of medieval Serbia
Essential concepts in Christian thought and practice, the desert and holy mountain denote a particular kind of monastic and sacral space. They are secluded from the world, intended for asceticism, and ambivalent in nature they are inhospitable and menacing zones populated with demons, but also a monastic paradise, places for spiritual conversion and encounter with the divine. From earliest times, deserts and holy mountains had a few distinguishin…
Patriarch Ephrem
Patriarch Ephrem, monk and hermit, writer and saint, Bulgarian-born but twice the leader of the Serbian Church (1375-78 and 1389-92), is an outstanding figure of the late medieval Balkans. His "life and works" are discussed here in the light of hagiological texts and the information provided by various types of sources with the view to drawing some historically relevant conclusions. The main source of information about Ephrem's life and activity …
Human Y‐chromosome short tandem repeats
Southeastern Europe and, particularly, the Balkan Peninsula are especially useful when studying the mechanisms responsible for generating the current distribution of Paleolithic and Neolithic genetic signals observed throughout Europe. In this study, 404 individuals from Montenegro and 179 individuals from Serbia were typed for 17 Y‐STR loci and compared across 9 Y‐STR loci to geographically targeted previously published collections to ascertain …
Patriarch Ephrem
Patriarch Ephrem, monk and hermit, writer and saint, Bulgarian-born but twice the leader of the Serbian Church (1375-78 and 1389-92), is an outstanding figure of the late medieval Balkans. His "life and works" are discussed here in the light of hagiological texts and the information provided by various types of sources with the view to drawing some historically relevant conclusions. The main source of information about Ephrem's life and activity …
Deserts and holy mountains of medieval Serbia
Essential concepts in Christian thought and practice, the desert and holy mountain denote a particular kind of monastic and sacral space. They are secluded from the world, intended for asceticism, and ambivalent in nature they are inhospitable and menacing zones populated with demons, but also a monastic paradise, places for spiritual conversion and encounter with the divine. From earliest times, deserts and holy mountains had a few distinguishin…
Human Y‐chromosome short tandem repeats
Southeastern Europe and, particularly, the Balkan Peninsula are especially useful when studying the mechanisms responsible for generating the current distribution of Paleolithic and Neolithic genetic signals observed throughout Europe. In this study, 404 individuals from Montenegro and 179 individuals from Serbia were typed for 17 Y‐STR loci and compared across 9 Y‐STR loci to geographically targeted previously published collections to ascertain …
A staurotheke of Serbian provenance in Pienza
The paper discusses the virtually unpublished reliquary of Serbian provenance now kept in the Museo Diocesano in Pienza. It tackles the issue of the typology of the staurotheke, its decoration and symbolic significance. Based on its Old-Serbian inscription, ?Sava, the first archbishop and patriarch of the Serbs?, the reliquary is dated to the last quarter of the fourteenth century and related to the programme of the Serbian Patriarchate. The surv…
When was king Stefan the first-crowned included among the saints? A contribution to the study of royal “canonization” in medieval Serbia
The surviving sources suggest that St Sava of Serbia was, as part of the programme of securing sacral legitimacy for the state and dynasty, setting the scene for the inclusion of his brother Stefan, the first-crowned Serbian king, among the saints. This part of the programme was not fully realized, but the focus of the cult was on the incorrupt relics. The cult of Stefan the First-Crowned was not rounded off until the seventeenth century, when th…
The Myhrr-exuding tomb of St Symeon of Serbia at Studenica
The latest results of the investigation of the royal tombs at the monastery of Studenica, Serbia, have inspired a reconsideration of the place of burial of some members of the Nemanjic family. There is further evidence that the tomb and sarcophagus of the ktetor, Stefan Nemanja, formed part of the original design for the church. Based on their construction and comparative material, it is assumed that the relics of St Symeon, upon their translatio…
The tomb of Queen Theodora at the Banjska Monastery - another reexamination
The paper explores the problem of the tomb of Queen Theodora, the first wife of King Stefan Decanski and mother of King and later Emperor Stefan Dusan, at the Banjska Monastery, a foundation of King Stefan Uros II Milutin. The tomb is the main topic of the charter King Dusan issued to this monastery. The paper minutely examines the previous research on the subject, including different identifications of the personages buried at Banjska. Special a…
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