Istraživanja – Journal of Historical Researches
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Istraživanja – Journal of Historical Researches is dedicated to publishing the best academic ideas regarding all aspects of socio-political processes and events primarily in the region of Central and South East Europe, as well as the Eastern Mediterranean. However, the geographical focus is not strict since the studies of all phenomena and processes which occur elsewhere but are relevant for mentioned geographical area are welcomed. Since the University of Novi Sad is located in the part of the world where different civilizations, cultures, religions and peoples have met and intertwined for millennia, Istraživanja especially emphasizes the critical research of the impact and significance of these mutual interactions and entanglements. The Journal greatly values an interdisciplinary approach, which is why it publishes not only the papers that study “typical” political history, but also works which critically analyze social and cultural life in the past (material culture, political thought, literature, religion, etc.) and come from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, art history and classical studies. However, Istraživanja - Journal of Historical Researches does not publish "rough" unanalyzed materials, field, questionnaires and interviews reports, pure linguistic analyses or any kind of contributions limited to bare reproduction of data and uncritical synthesis of previous scholarship.
ISSN: 0350-2112
eISSN: 2406-1131
UDC: 94(082)
COBISS.SR-ID: 17763584
doi: 10.19090/i
Published by: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Journal website
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- ВРЕМЕ ПОЛИТИЧКОГ САЗРЕВАЊА СВЕТОЗАРА ПРИБИЋЕВИЋА 1875-1905
- With the establishment of the Croatian - Serbian coalition it could be concluded that the period of political life of Svetozar Pribicević, in which he built himself as a political figure, was crowned by the rejection of the state-legal arguments and historical factors, failing to recognize any difference among the South Slavs. During this period, he managed to impose a new program to his party, agreeing with the view of the national unity of Serbs and Croats, and demanding radical democratic reforms. From 1906 to 1918, the party in the parliament represented almost all Serbian electoral districts in Croatia, mainly relying on the Croatian-Serbian coalition. During his work on the mentioned political course, he succeeded with the creation of the Croatian-Serbian coalition in order to unite their efforts in meeting the "youths" in Maksimir in 1898, and linking the Serbian and Croatian parties to work together and cooperate, which was his goal since the college days.
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- ДА ЛИ ЈЕ КОНСТАНТИН МИХАИЛОВИЋ ИЗ ОСТРОВИЦЕ ЗНАО ДА ЈЕ „КОНСТАНТИНОВА ДАРОВНИЦА“ ФАЛСИФИКАТ?
- The work of Konstantin Mihailović from Ostrovica, Serbian janissary from the 15th century, mentions that Constantine the Great “conceded Rome to Holy Father, Pope Sylvester.” This actually refers to a legend dating from the 5th century according to which the High Priest of Rome supposedly had converted, baptized and miraculously healed the Emperor. In gratitude, Constantine the Great gave many privileges and gifts to the High Priest of Rome. Based on this legend, during the second half of the 8th century, and most certainly before 770, a document known as “Donation of Constantine (Constitutum Constantini)” was created, according to which, the Pope has been supposedly given, by the first Christian Emperor, the rule over Rome, Italy, and the whole of Western Europe. In 1440s Nicholas of Cusa and Lorenzo Valla proved that without any doubt this document was a forgery. It is obvious that Konstantin Mihailović, who has written his work at the turn of 15th and 16th century, could not had known that the story about Constantine the Great and Pope Sylvester had been proved in the meantime to be a forgery.
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- ДАБРОБОСАНСКА (САРАЈЕВСКА) МИТРОПОЛИЈА У РАТНОМ ПЕРИОДУ СРПСКЕ РЕВОЛУЦИЈЕ (1804−1815)
- Dabar-Bosnia (Sarajevo) Metropolitan was one of the four dioceses of the Bosnian Sanjak, and the largest and most populated diocese in general, settled by the Orthodox Serbs. During the First and the Second Serbian Uprising, it was located on the very border of the uprising state, which was directly exposed to influences arising from the war. Metropolitan Kalinik I was the head of it all the time. After he was elected Synod Metropolitan in 1807, the Metropolitan was run by the vicar bishops, first by Venedikt Kraljević, and then by Josif. The war spreaded to the area of Bosanski pashaluk, and a number of Serbs took part in the insurrectionist movements. However, there was no broader uprising due to a high concentration of the Ottoman army. Dabar-Bosnia Metropolitan Kalinik and Vicar Bishop Josif greatly contributed to calming the situation, and protecting the believers from violence, by intervening with the Ottoman authorities.
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- ДНЕВНИК ЈЕДНОГ АКЦИЈАША СА ИЗГРАДЊЕ ПРУГЕ ШАМАЦ-САРАЈЕВО 1947. ГОДИНЕ
- The saved diary of Lazar Rakić, who later became Ph.D professor of history at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, witnessed on the enthusiasm of a generation who considered that the volunteer work on the construction of the railway Šamac-Sarajevo in 1947 was a significant contribution to the implementation of the first Five-Year Plan FNRY, and thus that they were building a new society. It is certainly a valuable source for those who will be dealing with the youth volunteer movement after the World War II, and the youth volunteer work as a form of engagement of the young generation by the new authorities. It was not only about the creation of awareness that they were building a useful society, but it was a school of the healthy competitive vigor. For many of them, it was a meeting with the new civilization changes, where they developed a positive competitive spirit.
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- ЖИТИЈЕ СВЕТОГ ИРИНЕЈА СИРМИЈСКОГ У ЕТИОПСКОМ СИНАКСАРУ
- This paper analyses the brief hagiography of Saint Irenaeus, the first historically verified bishop of Sirmium, which was recorded in an Ethiopian synaxarium. This hagiography is completely unknown to our professional community, and it has not even been used in analyses by foreign researchers exploring the topic of the life and suffering of this bishop of Sirmium. The paper will present a translation of this hagiography with explanatory notes, emphasising the likely sources of its origin and the analysis of the structure of the very appearance of bishop Irenaeus's suffering in the Ethiopian synaxarium.
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- ЖИТИЈЕ СВЕТОГ ЦАРА КОНСТАНТИНА У ЈЕРМЕНСКОМ СИНАКСАРУ ТЕР ИЗРАЕЛА
- Ter Israel, erudite and Armenian Church father from the beginning of the 13th century compiled, based on some earlier sources, synaxarion in the Armenian language for the needs of the Church of that Caucasian country. With some later additions, this synaxarion represents first class source for the church history of medieval Armenia. In the paper the Life of Saint Constantine the great and Empress Helen was treated, which can be found in this synaxarion under 21st of May, or 14th mareri according to the old Armenian calendar. This Life is for the first time translated into Serbian language with necessary comments and the analysis of the description of Emperor Constantine’s life. The author has given special stress on the sources used for writing this hagiographic work. One interesting thing is pointed out, namely the usage of passion of Saint Eusignius, but what is also notable, is not quite wide use of Life of Constantine by Eusebius, which is primary source for all hagiographic works about the first Christian emperor. Constantine’s conversion to Christianity provided in this Armenian menologion is described on the basis of Life of Saint Sylvester, which provides rather specific and most probably completely inaccurate data on Constantine’s conversion to Christian faith. There is a lot of Church tradition present in the writing, as well as Byzantine legends, for example the one on Saint Mitrophanos, the bishop of the city of Byzantion and the First Ecumenical council. The editors of the writing dedicated great attention to the emergence of Constantinople, which partially is in accordance with other historical sources.Constantine’s mother, Empress Helen, is just briefly mentioned. Editors of the Armenian synaxarion mention only her origin, by using the already mentioned passion of Saint Eusignius. A part that, in a very short sentence her trip to Jerusalem and her alleged finding of the True Cross is described. The last data on her is in context of Constantine’s funeral. According to the authors of this Life, Emperor is buried alongside his mother Helen, which is not in accordance with historical sources. Even though there are certain imprecise data, even inaccuracies, this work is especially interested as a contribution to the cult of Saint Emperor Constantine and Empress Helen in Armenia, one of the most ancient Christian countries and nations.
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- ЗАГРЕБАЧКИ ПЕРИОД У СЛИКАРСТВУ САВЕ ШУМАНОВИЋА ОД 1914. ДО 1925. ГОДИНЕ
- The paper deals with the historical context of paintings of Sava Šumanović during his stay in Zagreb, the then Zagreb cultural scene, holders of avant-garde tendencies in art, which supported Šumanović, as well as with the resistance provided to new artistic trends. The paper explains Šumanović’s struggle for modern ideas of the constructive art. It also deals with the important moments Šumanović’s personal life, his relationship with parents and Antonia Koščević, and his close circle of friends. The paper indirectly reflects on the complex issue of the Serbo-Croatian relations.
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- ЗНАЧАЈ ПЕЧУЈСКИХ РУДНИКА УГЉА У ПОЛИТИЦИ КРАЉЕВИНЕ СХС 1918−1921
- An interpretation of the historical significance of the coal mines of Pécs in the politics of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1918 to 1921. The topic is addressed in Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav historiography. However, no comprehensive analysis of the question has been published to date. Furthermore, some of the interpretations and hypotheses presented are incorrect, either because of inadequate contextualisation or because of flawed interpretations of the problem’s origins. Most importantly, previous research has overlooked the connection between the economic interests of the Kingdom in the mines and the policies which it implemented in Baranja from 1919 onwards, besides its unlikely cooperation with the Socialists and Communists of Pécs, until the episode in which the so-called Baranja Republic was proclaimed. Accordingly, the aims of the present research are to delineate precisely the context of the question, to reinterpret some of the existing hypotheses, and to analyse the connections between representatives of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and political circles in Pécs. Attempts by the Yugoslav state to maintain control of the mines and their operations — despite the decisions of the Paris Peace Conference of (1919-1920) and pressure by the Allied powers for military and civilian authorities to be withdrawn from those parts of Baranja which had been assigned to Hungary under the terms of Trianon — provoked an international scandal and corresponding loss of face for the Kingdom, particularly among the populace of Baranja.
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- ИВАН СТЕПАНОВИЧ ЈАСТРЕБОВ, ПРИЈАТЕЉ И ЗАШТИТНИК СРПСКОГ НАРОДА НА КОСОВУ И МЕТОХИЈИ
- Favorable geographical position gave the Kosovo and Metohija an important role in the plans of the great powers. Shortly after the conclusion of the Paris Peace Treaty, the region of Kosovo and Metohija enters in the interest of some of great European powers, which were wanted to increase their political influence in the Balkans over this territory. In the fifties and sixties years of the 19th century, Russia with great interest followed the development of the political situation in Old Serbia, Macedonia and Albania. To successfully counter the increasingly strong Austrian propaganda, Russia’s first opened a consulate in Shkoder and then in Prizren. The opening of the Russian Consulate has a great importance for the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija, because it was the only institution from which the local Serbs could seek for help. Of the entire Russian consul who served in Prizren, Ivan Stepanovich Jastrebov was especially active by his work and dedication. He successfully defended Serbian people of Albanian-Turkish violence, and also actively worked to strengthen of the spiritual and educational life of Serbs in the region. He visited many inaccessible Serbian villages in Metohija and collected historical, ethnological and ethnographic data. He protected orthodoxy and whenever he could, he helped Serbian churches and monasteries in Kosovo and Metohija. The establishment of the Prizren Seminary and starting of journal “Prizren”, which was published in Serbian, was achieved with the help of consul Jastrebov. Everything from Serbia which was sent to Prizren Seminary went over Jastrebov, which about that school was take care as their own endowment. And when, after many years of service left Prizren, Jastrebov not forgotten Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija, especially Prizren Seminary. He continued to take care of the interests of the local Serbs, helping them whenever the circumstances allow it. He was remembered as a great patron and friend of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija.
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- ИЗ ИСТОРИЈЕ МАНАСТИРА ФЕНЕКА – ПОПИСИ ИЗ 1813. И 1815. ГОДИНЕ
- The Fenek monastery belongs to a group of old monasteries on the Fruška Gora Athos. The establishment of the monastery was related to the trustee’s activity of the Serbian despot Stefan Branković and his wife Angeline in the late fifteenth century. The first reliable historical sources related to the monastery originated from 1563. Throughout history, it was the guardian and keeper of various relics of the Serbian people. The property situation and the economization of the monastery were different, so that any information which would complete the picture deserved our attention. We came across two documents (the lists) on the property situation, and the incomes and expenditures of the monastery in the period 1813-1815, which we found in the Archbishop-Episcopal Archives of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Sremski Karlovci (ASANUK, PMA), and has been brought in whole.
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- ИЗБОР ЛУКИЈАНА БОГДАНОВИЋА ЗА КАРЛОВАЧКОГ ПАТРИЈАРХА
- Patriarch Lukijan Bogdanović ascended the throne of the Metropolitanate of Karlowitz under very complicated circumstances in relation to the position of Serbs in Austria-Hungary. His controversial election with the support of the Radicals and without support of the episcopacy announced an unfavourable period for the Serbian church in the Monarchy. The Patriarch had great responsibility and carried a heavy burden, for which he was not fully prepared. His tragic end in 1913 symbolically represented a prelude to the events before the beginning of the First World War.
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- ИЗГНАНСТВО АРИЈА У „ИЛИРИК“ ПРЕМА ИСТОРИЈСКИМ ИЗВОРИМА
- The paper explores the location where the founder of Arian heresy, Alexandrian presbyter Arius, was exiled by the emperor Constantine I after the Nicene Council in 325. It has been generally accepted among researchers that the place of Arius’s exile was “Illyricum”, and the notion was too wide in the Late Roman Empire in order to give more precise location. However, many renowned authors narrowed this area down to one of the imperial residences in the Western Balkans – Sirmium, Serdica, Naissus being the most common choice. The author of this paper critically re-examines the written evidence of Arius’s exile, including the archeological sources, so as to conclude that the written argumentation solely depends on a rather unreliable source (Philost. HE 1.9c). However, the paper offers a solution to the problem by comparing it to other indirect sources, such as the Roman penal code in the case of religious exile, the praxis of the exile among known cases, the relationship between Arius and later attested Arian bishops in Pannonia.