- Jožko Šavli
Jožko Šavli (born 1943) is a Slovene author,
historian and professor in economic sciences fromItaly .Šavli was born in
Tolmin , then part of the Kingdom of Italy (now inSlovenia ). He obtained a degree in Business Management at theUniversity of Ljubljana in 1967. Then he continued his studies at theUniversity of Vienna , where he obtained a Doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences in 1975. Since 1978 he has been teaching at theSlovene language Technical School of Commerce inGorizia ,Italy .Šavli became known in Slovenia in the mid 1980s, when he advanced the so-called
Venetic theory , together with the poet and linguistMatej Bor . According to the theory, the Slovenes were not descended from theSlavs that settled the region in the 6th century, but that they were descended from a proto-Slavic speaking people known as theVeneti . The theory was rejected in academic circles, but nevertheless gained a widespread popularity in Slovenia, as well as some interest abroad.Already in the early 1980s, Šavli began to publish articles and essays that concerned in particular traditions of the Medieval state of
Carantania . In his books, Šavli emphasized the political and cultural continuity between the proto-Slovene state of Carantania and the laterDuchy of Carinthia . One of Šavli's most famous achievements was the discovery of the Black Panther as thecoat of Arms or symbol ofCarantania . This discovery has been disputed among historians.Šavli lives and works in Gorizia.
Essential bibliography
In Slovene
*"Veneti: naši davni predniki" ("Veneti: Our Ancient Forefathers", 1985), together with
Matej Bor andIvan Tomažič ;
*"Slovenska država Karantanija" ("The Slovene State of Carantania", 1990);
*"Slovenska znamenja" ("Slovene Symbols", 1994);
*"Slovenija: podoba evropskega naroda" ("Slovenia: the Image of an European Nation", 1995);
*"Etruščani in Veneti" ("Etruscans and Veneti", 1995), together with Ivan Tomažič;
*"Slovenski svetniki" ("Slovene Saints", 1999).In English
*"Veneti : First Builders of European Community" (1996);
*"Slovenia : Discovering a European Nation" (2003).
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