The article presents a brief overview of the history of monasticism from its beginnings in the 4th century to the end of the 6th century, on the basis of new text-critical and commented editions of sources and a selection from the exceptionally comprehensive international scientific production. Focus is placed on the demonstration of the role of monasticism, not only in cultural history, particularly in literary, social and religious history, but also in the field of political, diplomatic and even military history, as individual monks also acted as important statesmen. The concluding part of the article discusses the beginnings of monasticism in the area of present-day Slovenia, with its origin in Aquileia and with the formation of the first monastic community in Emona in the seventies of the 4th century.
COBISS.SI-ID: 35095341
From a completely new angle, the article raises the question whether the early mediaeval inhabitants of the eastern Alpine region already spoke the Slovene language. If we ask ourselves what kind of notions the people of the time held of the linguistic landscape in which they lived and which surrounded them, the answer is negative.
COBISS.SI-ID: 48080482
It is a translation of the book Plemenitost in otok, which was published in 2008 in Slovene and Croatian, and now in English, Italian and in a second revised Croatian edition. It discusses the problem of the understanding of the nobility in communes on the example of the nobility on the island of Rab. The work presents the situation of the nobility on Rab, first in the early modern times and later in the Middle Ages with a demonstration of the role of Rab in its own environment (the Adriatic) and an account of the understanding of the nobility (patriciate) in communes within historiography. This topic is of current interest in all the milieus of the Venetian Republic and is also relevant for such milieus in Slovenia (littoral towns) and elsewhere. This work belongs to the corpus of the research of Slovene historians of all generations, whose research had significantly intervened in the history of Southeast Europe.
COBISS.SI-ID: 263231744
The article discusses in detail one of the key issues in Slovene history of the 19th century, i.e. the clash between the traditional and modern views on the social issue that had arisen during the efforts to abolish or reform the Foundling Hospital of Ljubljana in the sixties of the 19th century.
COBISS.SI-ID: 51022946
Even before writers' platforms began debates on the national issue (e.g. the platform Slovene Nation and Slovene Culture 1985) and before contributions to the national programme were being written for the journal Nova revija, Slovene self-confidence was boosted by the tourism campaign "Slovenia, My Country", which (at first) had nothing to do with politics. The campaign became most famous for the propaganda-tourism film that showed the marvels of Slovenia and the willingness of the people of different professions to kindly welcome foreign tourists. In Yugoslavia it was seen as an expression of separatism, while the people in Slovenia, in light of Yugoslavism that was quickly melting away, understood the slogan "Slovenia, My Country" as an expression of the strengthening of national identity and adopted the linden leaf as a symbol of Slovenehood. This act of identification later on enabled the crucial mass movement.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1225861