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Croatian glagolitic heritage related to Lika, Krbava, Gatska, Modruš and Senj

Croatian glagolitic heritage related to Lika, Krbava, Gatska, Modruš and Senj

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…But he knew all too well from which sides the winds blow,and which adorn good deeds, and which injure the soul.Antun Mateša Kuhačević, Laud for a Glagolite Church of Croatian Martyrs in Udbina t is not excluded that the beginnings of the Croatian state are related precisely to the Lika – Krbava region. The Croatian Prince Borna from the beginning of 9th century was known first as the Dux Guduscanorum, i.e. the Prince of Gachans (from the Gatska valley), before…

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Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac and saving the Jews in Croatia during the WW2

Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac and saving the Jews in Croatia during the WW2

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I will live a pure life in my houseand will never tolerate evil(The Bible, Psalm 101) Whoever saves one lifeis as though he had saved the entire world(The Old Testament; motto of Yad Vashem) The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, Jerusalem, or in Hebrew – Yad Vashem, was founded by the Israeli Knesset in 1953. Its main objective is not only to keep memory on the Jewish victims of the atrocities of the WW2, but also to keep memory…

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University of Zagreb

University of Zagreb

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A Short History of the University © by Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb (1995) The first university institution in Croatia was founded by the Dominicans in Zadar in 1396 as the ‘studium generale’ for theology. Its international character can be seen from the fact that one of its first students had been fra Bonaventura of Ferrara (enrolled in 1396). In its earliest period it had twenty students from Italy, two from Poland and one from Germany. This institution had the privilege of…

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PRVI ISTRAŽIVAČI BAŠĆANSKE PLOČE – HR

PRVI ISTRAŽIVAČI BAŠĆANSKE PLOČE – HR

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Iz knjige Hrvatska glagoljica Darka Žubrinića, 1996. Jedan od najvažnijih spomenika glagoljske pismenosti jest Bašćanska ploča, pronađena u Crkvici sv. Lucije u Jurandvoru kod Baške na otoku Krku. Služila je kao lijeva okomita pregradna ploha (septum) između svetišta i prostora za puk. Od 1498. bila je položena na crkveni pod, najvjerojatnije kao nadgrobna ploča. Stjepan Ivšić (1884.-1962) Evo kako je Bašćansku ploču opisao Stjepan Ivšić: “Tko se jedan put za vedra vremena vozio od Novoga prema Senju, tome će zauvijek…

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Branko Fučić (1920.-1999.) – HR

Branko Fučić (1920.-1999.) – HR

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Biografija Branko Fučić istaknuti je hrvatski znanstvenik istarskog kraja, kvarnerskog primorja i otoka, Gorskoga kotara, širega zadarskog i drugih područja Hrvatske te Bosne i Hercegovine, koji je velik dio života te znanstvenoga i umjetničkog rada posvetio temama iz povijesti umjetnosti, slavistike, arheologije, etnologije, književnosti (alias Toni Tinov) i dr. Rođen je u selu Bogovići na otoku Krku 8. rujna 1920. godine. Na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu diplomirao je 1944. godine skupinu predmeta: povijest umjetnosti i kulture s klasičnom arheologijom, hrvatsku…

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THE BAŠKA TABLET – precious stone of Croatian literacy

THE BAŠKA TABLET – precious stone of Croatian literacy

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Dedicated to the memory of Branko Fučić (1920.-1999.) Darko Žubrinić, Zagreb (2000); in Croatian The Baska tablet is probably the most famous monument of early Croatian literacy, dating from about 1100, i.e. almost four centuries before the discovery of America. Its size and weight are impressive: 2×1 m, 800 kg. According to Branko Fucic and Eduard Hercigonja, the language of inscription is Croatian – Chakavian with elements of liturgical Church Slavonic, and the script is Croatian Glagolitic. Its importance is,…

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Introduction

Introduction

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Although Croatia developed under the impact of many different cultures – Greek, Roman, Celtic, Illyrian, Austrian, Hungarian, Byzantine, Islamic – it gave its own and unique imprint to the history of European civilization. See Prehistoric Archaeology in Croatia. Let us first give a very rough sketch of the main historical periods of the Croatia’s past: the arrival of the Croats to the Balkan peninsula at the beginning of the 7th century, the period of Croatian Princes and Kings of native…

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The origins

The origins

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The origins of the Croatian name are Iranian. The earliest mention of the Croatian name as Horovathos can be traced on two stone inscriptions in Greek language and script, dating from around the year 200, found by the Black Sea (more precisely in the seaport Tanais on the Azov sea, Krim). Both tablets are held in the Archeological museum in St Petersburg, Russia. One of the confluents to Don river near the region of Azov is called Horvatos (see [Pascenko],…

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White Croats

White Croats

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Constantine Porphyrogenitus (905-959), a Byzantine emperor and writer, mentions the state bearing the name of White Croatia. His description shows that it occupied a wide region around its capital Krakow, in parts of Bohemia, Slovakia, and Poland. The state disappeared in 999. St. Adalbert (Vojtech, 10th century) was a descendant of the White Croats, son of the White-Croatian prince Slavnik. He was spreading Christianity, education and culture, and to this end founded the benedictine monastery in Brevnov in 993. Also…

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The earliest Croatian Princes and Kings

The earliest Croatian Princes and Kings

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The earliest known Croatian prince was Borna, who ruled from around 812 to 821. Prince Trpimir ruled from 845 to 864. In 852 he issued the oldest known governmental document in the Latin script, where the Croatian name was mentioned (dux Chroatorum). The fact that his name is recorded in the Cedad Gospels (from today’s Italian city Cividale) shows the cultural level of his state. The most famous Benedictine monk Gottschalk found refuge at the Croatian court from 846 to…

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