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Medieval Serbian charters includes mainly royal chrysobulls (hrisovulje), legal codes for state and church, and charters (povelje) determining the legal status of endowments and regulation of the population, their rights and obligations of the monastic estates. As of 1989, there were 165 preserved monastery charters, a few royal chrysobulls, and one city charter. [1]
| Work | Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter of Hilandar (1st) | 1198–99 | monastery charter | Stefan Nemanja for Hilandar. Founding charter. |
| Charter of Hilandar (2nd) | 1200–01 | monastery charter | Stefan the First-Crowned for Hilandar. |
| Zakonopravilo | 1219 | code of law | Sava for state and church. |
| Charter of Žiča | 1220 | monastery charter | Stefan the First-Crowned for Žiča. Founding charter. |
| Charter of Skoplje | 1299–1300 | monastery charter | Stefan Milutin for Monastery of St. George. |
| St. Stephen Chrysobull | 1314–16 | monastery charter | Stefan Milutin for Banjska. Founding charter. |
| Charter of Gračanica | 1321 | monastery charter | Stefan Milutin for Gračanica. Founding charter. |
| Dečani chrysobulls | 1330 | monastery charter | Stefan Dečanski for Visoki Dečani. Founding charters. |
| Charter of Treskavac | 1331–45 | monastery charter | Stefan Dušan for Treskavac. |
| Charter of Ston | 1331–45 | charter | Stefan Dušan for Ston. |
| Charter of Kroja | 1343 | city charter | Stefan Dušan for Krujë. |
| Dušan's Code | 1349 | code of law | Stefan Dušan for state and church. |
| Holy Archangels' Chrysobull | 1348–52 | monastery charter | Stefan Dušan for Monastery of the Holy Archangels. |
| Prilep Chrysobull | 1346–55 | charter | Stefan Dušan for Karyes. |
| Arhiljevica Chrysobull | 1354 | charter | Stefan Dušan for Arhiljevica. |
| Charter of Ravanica | 1381 | monastery charter | Lazar for Ravanica. Founding charter. |
| Mining Code | 1412 | code of law | Stefan Lazarević for Novo Brdo. |
| St. Paul's Decree | 1430 | monastery charter | Đurađ Branković for St. Paul's Monastery. |
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