- Juraj Habdelić
Juraj Habdelić (Staro Čiče,
27 November ,1609 -Zagreb ,27 November ,1678 ) was aCroatia n writer.He went to gymansium in
Zagreb , studiedphilosphy inGraz andtheology inTrnava . He worked as a teacher inRijeka ,Varaždin andZagreb where he became therector of Jesuit Collegium andmanager ofSeminary . During his rectorship gymansium was attended byPavao Ritter Vitezović who will, in his own way, continue the Habdelić'slinguistic work, but on different foundations than those taught by the Jesuit gymnasium.issues of which the first was "Zrcalo Marijansko" ("Mirror of Saint Mary") published in Graz 1662.
Christian moral is the main theme of Habdelić's literary work, but because a man is prone in violating these strict Christian norms and easily gives himself to sin, this is the main motive of Habdelić's thoughts. His book intended for public uses "Prvi otca našeg Adama greh" ("First sin of our father Adam") had 1200 pages and is a picture of man's fall and his tendency to sin, the book was published bySacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith . What is especially important is the ability of Habdelić to anlyze through that main theme all parts of society: nobles, citizens, peasants and he doesn't spare the priests either.) he reveals himself as an upholder of the existing order. He considers the peasant rebellion as inconsistency of common people and their tendency to chaotic behaviour, and the conspiracy as arrogance of grand nobility.
Habdelić wrote in
kajkavian dialect and showed himself as an expert in the speech ofcommoners . At the same time he was opponent of common, profane things in which he also included folk songs, instructing his readers to discard shameful, ungodly and unpure verses and songs.With his work "Dictionar ili reči slovenske" ("Dictionary or Slavic words") from 1670, he takes prominent, although layman, place in history of Croatian literature and linguistics. Namely, being without any special linguistic knowledge and writing for school papers he wrote Croatian-Latin
dictionary . His total work is a mirror of Christian devotion with numerous examples from Jesuit and other religious literature but also apanoramic picture of Croatia in his time.External links
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