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Jovan Rajić

Serbian theologian, writer, historian

Field	Value
name	Jovan Rajić
image	Jovan Rajic.jpg
imagesize	200px
birth_date	September 21, 1726
birth_place	Sremski Karlovci, Slavonian Military Frontier, Habsburg monarchy
death_date	December 22, 1801
death_place	Kovilj
alma_mater	NaUKMA
occupation
nationality	Serb
movement	Baroque

Jovan Rajić's ''The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs'', [[Museum of Vuk and Dositej

Jovan Rajić (Јован Рајић; September 21, 1726 – December 22, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century.

He was one of the most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature along with Zaharije Orfelin, Pavle Julinac, Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš, Simeon Končarević, Simeon Piščević, and others (although he worked in the first half of 18th century, as Baroque trends in Serbian literature emerged in the late 17th century).

Rajić was the forerunner to modern Serbian historiography, and has been compared to the importance of Nikolay Karamzin to Russian historiography.

Notable works

Pesni različnina gospodskih prazniki (Vienna, 1790)
Kant o vospominaniju smrti, cantata
Boj zmaja s orlovi, (The Battle between Dragon and Eagles) epic poem
Istorija raznih slovenskih narodov, najpače Bolgar, Horvatov i Serbov (The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs), the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs, in four volumes
Serbian Catechesis (Katihisis mali)
Uroš V (reworked drama by Emanuel Kozačinski, his teacher)

References

"Jovan Raji ć, prvi istoričar 18. vijeka".
Lucian Boia. (1 January 1989). "Great Historians from Antiquity to 1800: An International Dictionary". Greenwood Press.
University of Colorado. (1956). "Journal of Central European Affairs". University of Colorado.
(2016). "A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Volume I". Oxford University Press.
(April 17, 2017). "A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe".

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