Language
The work is only preserved in its Latin redactions from the 16th and 17th centuries.
It was first written in the Slavonic language, according to the following remark by the author:
"Requested by you, my beloved brethren in Christ and honorable priests of the holy Archbishopric See of the Church in Duklja, as well as by some elders, but especially by the youth of our city who find pleasure not only in listening to and reading about the wars, but in taking part in them also, to translate from the Slavic language into Latin the work entitled in Latin Regnum Sclavorum in which all their deeds and wars have been described...."Read more about this topic: Chronicle Of The Priest Of Duklja
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