CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Spoljaric, Luka |
|---|---|
| Title | Nicholas of Modrus, 'The Glory of Illyria': Humanist Patriotism and Self-Fashioning in Renaissance Rome |
| Summary | The dissertation reconstructs and contextualizes the life of Nicholas of Modruš (ca. 1427-1480): a Croatian Renaissance prelate, thus far often evoked as a papal diplomat who witnessed the fall of the Bosnian kingdom to the Ottomans in 1463, and as an antiquarian humanist who spent the rest of his life in the provinces of the Papal States. Yet, by introducing a wide range of unpublished material, correcting a number of previous mistakes and assumptions, and bringing various different contexts into discussion, the dissertation sheds new light on the role that Nicholas of Modruš played on the stage of Renaissance Rome. Rather than a disinterested humanist confined to the life of the provinces, it presents Nicholas as a traditionally-educated homo novus whose turn to humanism represented a response to the highly competitive intellectual circles of Renaissance Rome, with which he was heavily involved. In addition, he is unveiled as the leading representative of the Roman South Slavic, or rather as gradually conceptualized within the humanist circles, Illyrian national community. Through a biographical focus, the dissertation thus contributes to the understanding of both Roman and Croatian culture and politics of the Quattrocento. |
| Supervisor | Gaul, Niels Henrik |
| Department | Medieval Studies PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/spoljaric_luka.pdf |
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