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Serbian theologian, writer, historian
Jovan Rajić (
Serbian Cyrillic : Јован Рајић ; September 21, 1726 – December 22, 1801) was a
Serbian writer, historian,
theologian , and
pedagogue , considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century.
[1] He was one of the most notable representatives of Serbian
Baroque literature along with
Zaharije Orfelin ,
Pavle Julinac ,
Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš ,
Simeon Končarević ,
Simeon Piščević , and others (although he worked in the first half of 18th century, as Baroque trends in Serbian literature emerged in the late 17th century).[
citation needed ]
Rajić was the forerunner to modern
Serbian historiography ,
[2] and has been compared to the importance of
Nikolay Karamzin to
Russian historiography .
[3]
Jovan Rajić's The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs ,
Museum of Vuk and Dositej
Notable works
Pesni različnina gospodskih prazniki (Vienna, 1790)
Kant o vospominaniju smrti ,
cantata
Boj zmaja s orlovi , (The Battle between Dragon and Eagles )
epic poem
Istorija raznih slovenskih narodov, najpače Bolgar, Horvatov i Serbov (The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of
Bulgars ,
Croats and
Serbs ), the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs, in four volumes
[4]
Serbian Catechesis (Katihisis mali )
Uroš V (reworked drama by Emanuel Kozačinski, his teacher)
[5]
See also
References
^ Jeftić, Anja.
"Jovan Raji ć, prvi istoričar 18. vijeka" . Patriot Magazin (in Serbian). Archived from
the original on March 10, 2007.
^ Lucian Boia (January 1, 1989).
Great Historians from Antiquity to 1800: An International Dictionary . Greenwood Press. p. 343.
ISBN
978-0-313-24517-6 .
^ University of Colorado (1956).
Journal of Central European Affairs . Vol. 16. Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado. p. 23.
^ Trencsényi, Balázs; Janowski, Maciej; Baar, Monika; Falina, Maria; Kopecek, Michal, eds. (2016).
A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Volume I . Oxford University Press. p. 104.
ISBN
978-0-19105-695-6 .
^ Torlone, Zara Martirosova; Munteanu, Dana Lacourse; Dutsch, Dorota (April 17, 2017).
A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe .
ISBN
9781118832714 .
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