Original scientific paper
HUNGARIAN HISTORIAN NICHOLAS (MIKLÓS) ISTVÁNFFY (1538-1615) AND HIS MANUSCRIPT HISTORIARUM DE REBUS UNGARICIS IN THE CROATIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
Iva MANDUŠIĆ
Abstract
Topic of this contribution is manuscript of the well known Hungarian historian Nicholas (Miklós) Istvánffy Historiarum de rebus Ungaricis libri XXXIV ab anno 1490 ad annum 1605, and its place in the Croatian historiography. Except several articles that deal with the
certain themes from the Istvánffy work, there is no single study that would cover his entire opus. Thus, author reveals Istvánffy's relations with Croatia and his deep connections with the Catholic Church. Moreover, author has investigated his impact on the later writers, especially regarding the work of Juraj Rattkay, Pavao Ritter Vitezović and Balthazar Adam Krčelić, which was rather unknown till now. Furthermore, author has investigated in what manner Istvánffy had elaborated in his manuscript certain topics from the Croatian history. The analysis has revealed that Istvánffy had covered much more of the Croatian history than it was commonly known before, which gives an opportunity for further investigations. By the
same token, investigation of Istvánffy's descriptions of the historical events regarding the bishopric of Zagreb has revealed that our historiography mostly did not use this manuscript as a primary source. For Istvánffy the most appealing person from the history of the Zagreb diocese was bishop Juraj Drašković, who was promoter of Catholicism in the times of post-Trent renovation, defender of the Croatian borders against Ottoman Empire, and Croatian
banus (viceroy) in the complex social circumstances.
Keywords
Istánffy; early modern period; Croatian historiography; bishopric of Zagreb; Juraj Drašković
Hrčak ID:
52980
URI
Publication date:
25.12.2009.
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