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PROMEGOMENA AD BIOGRAPHIAM CROATICAM (VIENAC UP TO ŠENOA'S DEATH)
Ivan Pederin
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Vienac published many biographies and necrologies, primarily of European scientists and scholars, among whom there were more philologists than scientists. Thus Vienac elevated science to the national principle of progress. In the biographies of Croatian historical great people of science and art, regret is expressed that they did
not remain and work in Croatia. But they were on a par with many great westerners. Among the most important philologists are Czechs, who were the models to emulate and older brothers to Croatian philologists. They are followed by Russians, but in their biographies their slavophilia was never mentioned. These biographies were published in order to develop relationships between the Slavs, which either failed or were partially successful like in the case of the relationship between Croats and Czechs, which however did not continue in the 20th century. There were then some important Croats who led the national art, science and literature but only e few scientists, politicians and statesmen. The biography of Ivan Mažuranić was not published nor that of Jelačić or any other governor (ban), including that of Nikola Zrinski of Siget. A number of biographies was dedicated to enthusiasts (pregaoci) who were like a standing army of intellectuals and gathered in Zagreb. They were the agents for spreading Registrar Books and various magazines. They were virtuous, selfsacrificing and poor, but like prominent writers they also came from poor urban families as well as rural ones. Honesty then had social reputation; they learned foreign languages: German, French, Italian; they translated and also wrote poems with little or more success. They had poor education, most often a three-year administrative course. Generally, there were few intellectuals like Franjo Marković, Ljudevit Gaj or Ivan Dežman who completed university studies. And yet, with what enthusiasm these people succeeded in bringing their countrymen progress and giving them character and dignity! Among them there was quite a number of Germans, immediate or distant descendants of immigrants, which sounds strange since there
was a constant grudge against "Germanization". There were many priests, hard-working, folk priests who in the zeal of their faith unselfishly helped illiterate and poor peasants, often educating them. In Vienac, their work was described roughly as social work or raising national consciousness would be described nowadays. But these priests followed Jesus and felt themselves as pastor fido ποιμεν καλος and followed the principle of the Gospel that one has to love Lord with all his heart and his neighbour as himself. Vienac did publish biographies of bishops but not Juraj Haulik’s and J. J. Strossmayer’s. There were
seldom biographies of aristocrats such as Baron Karl Prandau’s. The world of Vienac was of middle class and secular mentality.
Ključne riječi
Vienac; biography; science; art; literature
Hrčak ID:
115956
URI
Datum izdavanja:
10.1.2014.
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