Original scientific paper

16th and 17th Century Reformation and Counterreformation in Hungary’s Villages of Drava Valley Inhabited by Ethnic Croats

Đuro Franković ; Pecs, Hungary

Abstract

The author focused on the spread of Reformation in Hungary's part of Drava valley, also known as Podravina,116 representing the Vaskaszentmárton Synod (today's Felsőszentmárton, or Croatian,
Martinci) on 20 April, 1550, which came after the Reformation preachers Mihály Sztárai, Mirko Cigler and others had paved the way for the Reformation church and after Benedikt Vinkovic, the Roman Catholic bishop of Pecs, also helped rebuild the local villages.

Keywords

Reformation; Luther’s doctrine; the Gospel; the Ottomans; Podravina/ Drava valley; Reformation church; Synod; preachers or pastors; counter-Reformation; books in Croatian language

Hrčak ID:

86086

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/86086

Publication date:

1.6.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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