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Dušan's Code

1349 · 14th century · Also known as Zakonik

Dušan's Code was the law code of the Serbian Empire, adopted by Stefan Dušan at an assembly in Skopje in 1349 and enlarged in 1354. It set out the rights of the Church, the nobility and the peasantry and drew on Byzantine law. It is one of the most important legal monuments of medieval Serbia.

Dušan's Code
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dušan's Code. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dusans-code
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