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Papers and Proceedings of the Department of Historical Research of the Institute of Historical and Social Research of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vol. 18 , 2000.

Original scientific paper

Tadija Smičiklas and the Greek Catholic Seminary

Nikola N. Kekić

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Abstract

The author in this work analyses the most important periods in Tadija Smičiklas’s life, using to a great extent currently still unknown sources from the Archive of the diocese of Križevci: the correspondence between T. Smičiklas and his uncle, Bishop Đuro Smičiklas of Križevci. After a brief survey of the history of the Smičiklas family, the author reflects on the first period of Smičiklas’s education, when he was a pupil at the Greek Catholic Seminary in Zagreb. At that time, Smičiklas was an active member of the Ilirsko društvo [Illyrian society] and the “reading room,” and he also participated as an author in the weekly Vienac [The garland]. After finishing his secondary education, Smičiklas left the Seminary and went to Osijek, where he worked as a teacher of Croatian language and history. Longing for higher education, he went to study history in Prague. During his stay there he made a great contribution to the Croatian scholarship by discovering the correspondence of the Zrinski family and other manuscripts important for Croatian history. During the period from 1865 to 1869, Smičiklas continued his study in Vienna at the Institut für die österreichische Geschichtsforschungen, and during that period he was financially supported by his uncle, Bishop Đuro. After finishing his studies in Vienna, Smičiklas was appointed lecturer at the gymnasium in Rijeka. He considered this a provincial town and the appointment as a setback. His wish to work in Zagreb was fulfilled in 1873, when he was elected director of the Greek Catholic Seminary. In 1887 he was elected professor of historical auxiliary sciences on the Faculty of Arts in Zagreb.
In conclusion, the author emphasises the point that there were two factors which influenced to a great extent Smičiklas’s educational and scientific biography: his time at the Greek Catholic Seminary in Zagreb, and the supportive role of his uncle, Bishop Đuro Smičiklas of Križevci.

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Hrčak ID:

15820

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/15820

Publication date:

1.3.2001.

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