Performing National Identity - the Case of Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652-1713)

The historiographical writings of the Croatian Baroque polymath Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652-1713), have been included in the canon of "basic works of Croatian national politics" by the traditional "national" historiography. The question therefore arises which symbolic models, id...

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Matična publikacija: National Identities
5 (2003), 3 ; str. 251-268
Glavni autor: Blažević, Zrinka (-)
Vrsta građe: Članak
Jezik: eng
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