Original scientific paper
ŠIMUN KOŽIČIĆ BENJA ’S GLAGOLITIC PRINTING HOUSE : PREREQUISITES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND IMPACT
Sanja Zubčić
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
This paper aims to demonstrate the importance of the bishop of Modruš Šimun Kožičić Benja – a Christian intellectual significant for the formation of early modern Croatian culture, primarily from a philological aspect. Considering the intertwining of cultural patterns and the importance of Latin sources in Croatian literature of that time, special attention is dedicated to the relationship between Latin and Croatian Slavic cultural complexes. Although this relationship has often been portrayed in literature as competitive and mutually exclusive, we try to demonstrate, based on Š. Kožičić Benja’s works, that this is not (completely) so and that it is precisely Š. Kožičić who exemplifies how prolific the combination of Latin universality and Glagolitic patriotism is. Furthermore, the working circumstances of the printing house in Rijeka, the reasons for its opening in Rijeka, as well as its achievements and impact on the local and national culture will be addressed.
Keywords
Glagolitic printing house in Rijeka; Šimun Kožičić Benja; Glagolitism in Rijeka
Hrčak ID:
219165
URI
Publication date:
19.4.2019.
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