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	Illustrated History of the Serbs
		Serbia's grand zupan Stefan Nemanja, founder of the Nemanjic dynasty, died in 1199.
		Nemanja had fulfilled his wish at last: that Stevan rule the lands and Vukan be the "grand prince" of one region.
		Stevan's final inauguration as head of the Serbian state marked the beginning of a new era not only in the Serbian history, but in the history of the entire Balkan peninsula.
	snaga.org.yu /ilustrovana_istorija_srba/tekst/engleski/02/02-uvod.html (1620 words)

	Stefan Nemanja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Stefan Nemanja (Стефан Немања) (Stefan I) (ca 1132-February 13 1199 or 1200) was the Grand Zupan of Raška (Rascia), located in the central west region of the Balkans from 1166 or 1168 to 1196.
		He appointed his oldest son Vukan Nemanjic as ruler in province of Zeta (modern Montenegro) with cities of Antivari and Cattaro (today Bar and Kotor, both located at the Montenegro Adriatic coast).
		In 1196 Stefan relinguished his power to his son Stefan II, Nemanja, took the monastic name Simeon and joined his youngest son Rastko (monastic name Sava) on the Mount Athos.
	www.theezine.net /s/stefan-nemanja.html (218 words)

	Mostar Wave - Blagaj
		From the middle of the X centuiy to 1018 Zahumlje was under the macedonian rule, while during the region of Stevan Nemanja (1114-1200) it was in the domain of a Serbian State.
		Ban Stevan Kotromanic ruled ”from the sea to the river Sava, from the river Cetina to the river Drina”.
		In 1448 Stevan Vakcic Kosaca became ”Herceg of st. Sava” alling himself ”We, sir Stevan Herceg of st. Sava, the ruler of Hum and Primorjc, the grand dukc of the Bosnian Kingdom, a son and grandson of honourable and well-knovm gentlemen the prince Vukac mxi Sandalj, the ex-duke of the Bosnian Kingdom”.
	www.stradanove.net /mostar/turism/taAda040899e07.htm (553 words)

	Serbian People as Servant of God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He decried the sterile, "unchristian and non-Serbian darkness" that clouded the spiritual vision of modern, twentieth century Yugoslav historians; and from the depths of his soul he exclaimed that "the history of the Serbian people cannot be written with polish alone, but with blood and tears from the heart" (chapter 44).
		Nemanja [8], the initiator and beginner of eight centuries of Serbian history, was also a great sufferer.
		The greatest concern of Sava, the son of Nemanja, the ascetic and monk of the Holy Mountain of Athos, was to open the eyes of his people so that they would see the reality of the spiritual and immortal world, to which this carnal, temporal and mortal world must orient and conform itself.
	www.stgeorge-kw.on.ca /ServantOfGod.html (20445 words)

	Miroslav Gospel - Facts
		Copied and illuminated in the last quarter of the 12th century for Prince Miroslav of Hum, brother of Stevan Nemanja, this Evangelistria survived the turbulent centuries of Serbian history from the time of the regional warlords to the rise and fall of medieval Serbia.
		The manuscript then survived the long centuries of Turkish occupation when it formed part of the library at Chilandari monastery, the date and means of its acquisition unknown.
		Prior to that fateful year for the Serbian state and the Nemanjić dynasty, in 1190 in Zahumlje ended the reign of Nemanja'a brother Miroslav, whose territory was inherited by the youngest son of the Raška Grand Zhupan, Rastko, until he, too, withdrew to Mt. Athos.
	solair.eunet.yu /~ecolibri/facts.html (1682 words)

	Rotary Club Nis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Stevan Nemanja, the great head of the Serbian state, took over Nis in 1183.
		The Swrbian commandant Stevan Sindelic, with 3000 of his combatants,fought against 10000 Turks on the Cegar Hill in 1809.
		His heroic death serves as an example of bravery to generations, the bravery which is still vivid in CELE KULA, a monument unique in the world, built by the Turks if the skulls if dead Serbiand rebels after the battle of Cegar.
	www.rotarynis.org.yu /rotaract/oklubu.html (632 words)

	UNSW Serbian Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Studenica Monastery was established in the late 12th century by Stevan Nemanja, founder of the medieval Serb state, shortly after his abdication.
		When he later left for Hilandar, his son and successor Stefan took over the care of Studenica.
		Under guardianship of Sava, Studenica became the political, cultural and spiritual center of medieval Serbia.
	serbsoc.lynxwebhosting.com /Manastiri.php (218 words)

	Serbs, Bosnia and national identity
		Because the letter "J" did not exist before Vuk Karadzic's (Serbian reformer) reforms, but the letter "JAT" did exist, the reader could interpret the sound to be read in any way, depending on which dialect he spoke and how the dialect or regionalism pronounces the sound "J".
		Prince Miroslav, brother of Grand Zhupan Stefan Nemanja, was the ruler of Hum, an area that largely coincides with the territory of present-day Herzegovina.
		One possibility is that Nemanja brought it with him when he founded Chilandari.
	members.tripod.com /cafehome/serbdom-eng.htm (3009 words)

	Saint Sava, Archbishop of Serbia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The son of Serbian National leader Stevan Nemanja, Saint Sava was born in 1169.
		As a young man Saint Sava yearned for the spiritual life, which lead him to flee to the Holy Mountain where he became a monk, and with rare zeal, followed the ascetic practices.
		Sava obtained independence for the Serbian Church, granted by the emperor and the Patriarch of Constantinople, and became its first archbishop.
	www.lakenetnwi.org /member/stsava/saint_sava.htm (286 words)

	Mac Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		After lunch, visiting Studenica monastery, one of the most important Serbian monasteries which was built from the 12th to 14th century by Serbian rulers - Stevan Nemanja, Vukan, Radoslav and Milutin.
		Zica monastery is endowment of the King Stevan Prvovencani, built in the early 13th century.
		Zica became the center of the first independent Serbian archiepiscopacy and with the first archbishop St. Sava.
	www.mactravel.us /visit_to_the_monasteries.htm (256 words)

	Eight Centuries of Serbian Hilandar Monastery
		Eight centuries ago, Byzantium Emperor Aleksei III gave a hrisovulja (an act or declaration) which grants Monastery Hilandar and the region around the monastery to be an "eternal present to the Serbs".
		He gave the act to St. Sava and his father St. Simeon (Stevan Nemanja).
		From this moment, Hilandar Monastery was for centuries to come, home to Serbs, Serbian religion and culture.
	www.teslasociety.com /monastery.htm (420 words)

	Guard the language like the country! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		His Grace quoted at length the advice given by Serbian ruler Stevan Nemanja to his son Saint Sava.
		On his deathbed, Nemanja is emphasizing to his favorite son tremendous importance Serbian language plays in the preservation of Serbian national identity.
		When Serbs cease speaking Serbian, they cease to be Serbs
	www.istocnik.com /articles/39/guardlanguage.html (913 words)

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