Annotated Bibliography
An annotated bibliography provides an overview or brief description of available research on a given topic—in the case of the LIGHT, various aspects of the Enlightenment. It is a list of (mostly secondary) research sources, each consisting of a bibliographic citation followed by an annotation or bibliographic note—a short commentary that summarizes and evaluates the source.
To achieve the goal of compiling an annotated bibliography of published scholarly and professional works related to the Enlightenment—and relevant for understanding this research area in both Croatian and European contexts—the LIGHT project collaborators use the web-based tool Zotero.
The annotated bibliography is currently only available in Croatian. Entries were formatted using BibBase.
Research topics
Researchers will focus on selected case studies:
– Dr Teodora Shek Brnardić: Enlightened nobility through the examples of Bohemian Count Franz Joseph Kinsky (1739–1805), author of pedagogical works and an epistolary travelogue through the Croatian lands (1788), and Dubrovnik nobleman and reformist writer Toma Basegli (1756–1806);
– Asst. Prof. Stipe Ledić: Court agent Josip Keresturi (1739–1794) and Zagreb Bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovac (1752–1827). The aim is to examine the influence of Enlightenment ideas, including those of the Catholic Enlightenment, on their views and public activities within the context of social networks in the Habsburg Monarchy;
– Dr Stipe Kljaić: (Anti-)Enlightenment and (anti-)revolutionary thought and activity of the Dalmatian Franciscan Andrija Dorotić (1761–1837);
– Dr Zrinko Novosel: The reception of Enlightenment ideas and the circulation of knowledge among professors of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Zagreb, with a focus on Vinko Kalafatić (1747–1792) and his network of correspondents;
– Asst. Prof. Goranka Šutalo: The oeuvre of the Slavonian Enlightenment writer and Viennese court chaplain Joso Krmpotić (between 1750 and 1755 – after 1797) in the context of Catholic Enlightenment;
– Assoc. Prof. Katja Radoš-Perković: The non-musical works of the Split polymath Julije Bajamonti (1744–1800) in the context of his Enlightenment role in Dalmatia and Italy;
– Dr Maja Perić: The ideas behind the investments of Flemish and Dutch merchants in the Croatian lands during the 18th century
– Marta Jurković: The role of libraries in the production, circulation, and censorship of Enlightenment knowledge in Croatian Lands in the “long” eighteenth century.
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