A combined approach to the reconstruction of the “sacred landscape” of duklja and raska in the times of stefan nemanja based on historical geography, art and church history

Abstract

This article strives for a combined approach consisting of historical geography and art and church history in the research of Duklja and Raska in the times of Stefan Nemanja. The article?s first part addresses the circumstances of the birth of Stefan Nemanja and the question of Nemanja?s two baptisms. Moreover, data on the churches and monasteries, their patrocinia and the stecci (funeral monuments) in the area of research has been gathered and then analysed with digital tools to offer a map-based reconstruction of the ?Sacred Landscape?.