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The appearance of the Slavic literacy and literature in the early mediaeval European cultural milieu
Andre Mohorovičić
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In this introductory paper the author describes general historical, social, cultural and civilizational movements in Europe at the time of the emergence of Slavic literacy and literature, i. e. at the time of the learned brothers Cyril and Methodius. At that time, i. e. during the second half of the first milllenium A. C. two worlds with distinct strong phisionomies and long lasting traditions met on a narrow contact area consisting of a part of the middle and southern Europe including the territories of Moravia, Croatia and Macedonia. These two sets of cultural and traditional values - the Mediterranean and the continental - in their broad contacts in the middle of the first millenium from a basis on which the torch of Slavic literacy and literature was lit in the 9th century.
Durring milleniums specific values of traditional life, cultural medium, artistic expression, sophisticated contemplation and civilizational customs developed in this area. And when finally in the second half of the first millenium in this contact area the power of in the continental sphere developed ethnical tradition of self-awareness of the homogenus Slavic democratic primary society of Moravians met with the new abstract ethnically-religious intoned ideology which originated in the Medterrano-Oriental sphere, Moravian prince Rastislav, in the time of the absolute domination of the European Latin ecumene, wanted his people to understand these new ideas and to accept the new fate, being thought in an understandable, native Slavic language.
In the focus of the meeting place of these two life-styles the freshness of self-confidence clashed with the tradition of literacy and thus there in the Slavic circle of Moravians, Macedonians and Croats the Glagolitic script was born.
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14669
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Datum izdavanja:
30.9.1987.
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