Open AccessSkazanie o pismeneh by Constantine the philosopher Kostenecki as a source of folk culture in the middle ages
Author(s) -
Станоје Бојанин
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta/zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0917
pISSN - 0584-9888
DOI - 10.2298/zrvi1148259b
Subject(s) - middle ages , context (archaeology) , relation (database) , folk culture , order (exchange) , period (music) , history , literature , art , classics , sociology , aesthetics , anthropology , ancient history , archaeology , computer science , finance , database , economics
The research of folk culture in the Middle Ages requires a special methodological approach which includes both defining the notion of “folk culture” and the question of the existing sources and their use. This study demonstrates the importance for the Skazanie o pismeneh by Constantine the Philosopher Kostenečki, as a source for the folk culture of medieval Serbia and Southeastern Europe at the end of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th century. Although this work is well-known in scholarly circles, so far it has not been considered in the context of the said domain of research. In order to correctly understand the data contained in the Skazanie, it was examined not only in relation to similar data but also in very close connection with the motives for the creation of the work and the cultural concepts advocated by its author, which had little affinity for folk culture