Nemanji.C4.87_dynasty_2 Serbia_in_the_Middle_Ages

map of serbian empire in 1355.



the proclamation of dušan s law codex (1900), paja jovanović.

in first half of 14th century serbia flourished, becoming 1 of developed countries , cultures in europe. had high political, economic, , cultural reputation in europe.

milutin succeeded son stefan dečanski, maintained father s kingdom , had monasteries built, notable being visoki dečani in metohija (kosovo), after known in historiography. visoki dečani, our lady of ljeviš , gračanica monastery, founded dečanski, part of medieval monuments in kosovo, combined world heritage site. after decisively defeated bulgarians, serbia caught in civil war between 2 groups of serbian nobility, 1 supporting dečanski, other supporting son stefan dušan sought expand south. dušan won, , in following decades fought byzantine empire, taking advantage of byzantine civil wars. after conquering albania, macedonia , of greece, crowned emperor in 1346, after having elevated serbian archbishopric patriarchate. had son crowned king, giving him nominal rule on serbian lands , , although dušan governing whole state, had special responsibility roman (byzantine) lands. dušan s code enacted in 1349 , 1353–54. dušan sought conquer constantinople , become new byzantine emperor, however, died in 1355 @ age of 47. serbian state crumbled during reign of son, uroš v, called weak , in period known fall of serbian empire .