Serbian chronicles


This is a list of Serbian chronicles, a group of early Serbian historiographical works from the late medieval and early modern periods, hence called the Old Serbian annals and genealogies. There exist approximately 50 Serbian works of these types from the period between the 15th and the 18th centuries, written in the old Serbian language and Cyrillic script. They are divided into and .
NameTime frameComposedNotes
Carostavnik14th century-
Vrhobreznica Chronicle–13711650Gavrilo, a hermit, collected earlier annals in his redaction composed in 1650 at the Vrhobreznica monastery. Part of a manuscript archived as Prague Museum #29.
Vrhobreznica Genealogy1650Gavrilo, a hermit, shortened an earlier original in his redaction composed in 1650 at the Vrhobreznica monastery. Part of a manuscript archived as Prague Museum #29.
Constantine's Genealogy1166–14311431Constantine of Kostenets's Life of Despot Stefan Lazarević includes a genealogy of the Nemanjić dynasty up until Despot Stefan Lazarević, in chapters 14–16. Survived in several manuscripts.
Koporin Chronicle–13711453Damjan, a deacon, wrote the annals on the order of Archbishop of Zeta, Josif, at the Koporin monastery.
Studenica Chronicle–in 14th c.1350–1400Oldest survived copy in a 16th-century manuscript, together with a younger annals.
Cetinje Chronicle–in 14th c.end of 16th c.A manuscript collection from the end of the 16th c.
Karlovac Chronicle1418–27
Dečani Chronicle1450–15001595 manuscript.
Karlovci Chronicle1503
Tronoša Chronicle15261791 manuscript.
Peć Chronicle–in 14th c.early 16th c.
Ruvarac's Genealogy–in 16th c.1533–1584The manuscript written 1712–25, archived as 'Karl. patr. bibl. br. 175', includes a genealogy, list of Serbian patriarchs, and a younger annals.
Berković Chronicle--
Branković Chronicle--
Ostojić Chronicle--
Sečenić Chronicle--
Vukomanović Chronicle--
Pejatović Chronicle17th c.17th-century manuscript, published by At. Pejatović in Spomenik XXXVIII. Archived as 'Nar. Bibl. br. 631'.
Ćorović ChronicleA manuscript dating to the end of 17th c./beg. 18th c., published by Vladimir Ćorović in Spomenik LXVI. Archived as 'III a 43'.
Magarašević Chronicle--
Pajsije's Genealogypre-1642Pajsije, Serbian Patriarch, included a genealogy in the Life of Emperor Uroš.

Non-Serbian chronicles including Serbian history