Zakonopravilo

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Zakonopravilo is a medieval Serbian legal and ecclesiastical code compiled by Saint Sava that became the foundational law book of the Serbian Orthodox Church and medieval Serbian state.

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Zakonopravilo canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Serbian legal code
canonical collection
ecclesiastical law code
medieval legal code
appliesToJurisdiction Serbian Orthodox Church
medieval Serbian state
associatedWithDynasty Nemanjić dynasty
associatedWithInstitution Serbian Orthodox Church
associatedWithPerson Saint Sava
author Saint Sava
basedOn Eastern Orthodox canon law
surface form: Byzantine canon law

Byzantine civil law
compiledBy Saint Sava
compiledIn Kingdom of Serbia
Studenica Monastery
compilerOccupation archbishop
compilerReligiousStatus saint
countryOfOrigin Serbian Despotate
surface form: Medieval Serbia
dateOfCompilation early 13th century
follows Nomocanon tradition
genre nomocanon
hasPart canon law provisions
church canons
civil law provisions
imperial Byzantine laws
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
influenced Dušan's Code
later Serbian legal tradition
language Church Slavonic
surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Serbian recension of Church Slavonic
legalDomain canon law
civil law
legalStatus principal source of medieval Serbian secular law
supreme church law in medieval Serbia
preservedIn Serbian medieval manuscripts
region Balkans
religiousFunction codification of canon law
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Serbian Orthodox Church
secularFunction codification of civil law
significance foundational law book of the Serbian Orthodox Church
foundational legal code of the medieval Serbian state
usedFor regulation of church organization
regulation of clergy conduct
regulation of criminal law
regulation of inheritance law
regulation of marriage law
regulation of procedural law

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Saint Sava notableWork Zakonopravilo
Rastko Nemanjić notableWork Zakonopravilo