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Abstract

The interconfessional polemic which, between the 17^sup th^ and 19^sup th^ centuries, engulfed the Serbian Orthodox community living in the Dalmatian area close to the Triplex Confinium (the triple border point between the Venetian Republic, the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Empire), has already attracted the attention of many historians. However, previous scholarship is characterized by considerable differences in approach and results. The present paper is to be seen as the first part of a broader study of the personal and public fate of Gerasim Zelic (1758-1828), a Serbian archimandrite and writer, whose activity as Vicar General of the Serbs of Dalmatia (1796-1810) and Vicar General of Cattaro (1810-1811) interacted with the interconfessional polemic in his native Dalmatia. Firstly, the paper provides state-of-the-art historiography on the confessional question in Dalmatia. Secondly, it summarizes the main events which opposed the Catholic Church and the Orthodox population of the area, from the time of the Venetian domination to Zelic's day. Lastly, it provides a brief description of a corpus of manuscripts connected to the figure of Zelic, which will be studied from a historical and culturological perspective in order to help reconstruct the events related to the confessional question in Dalmatia.

Details

Title
La polemica confessionale fra i serbi ortodossi e il clero cattolico in Dalmazia fra XVII e XIX secolo. La vicenda di Gerasim Zelic
Author
Fin, Monica
Pages
23-47,350
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Firenze University Press Università degli Studi di Firenze
ISSN
1824761X
e-ISSN
18247601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Italian
ProQuest document ID
1652172163
Copyright
Copyright Firenze University Press 2014