Blaž Škrinjarić (1520s-1592) was a city
notary
A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems.
A notary, while a legal professional, is distin ...
and judge in Varaždin and a member of the
Varaždin literary circle The Varaždin literary circle or Croatian-Kajkavian literary circle () was a literary group which emerged at the end of the 16th century in Varaždin. The framework of the Varaždin literary circle had four members. One of them was Roman Catholic v ...
.
Early life and career
Škrinjarić was born in the mid or late 1520s in a place near Varaždin. After he was educated in Habsburg
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
Škrinjarić first worked as a teacher in a school in
Aszalo and later as a
rector of a school in
Varaždin
Varaždin ( or ; , also known by #Name, alternative names) is a city in Northern Croatia, north-east of Zagreb. The total population is 46,946, with 38,839 in the city settlement itself (2011).
The city is best known for its baroque buildings, ...
. He was also a notary and judge in Varaždin. He reached the position of a president of the octaval court.
Trial
In 1588 Škrinjarić was accused of committing adultery with a certain Uršula Geljanić and for being a father of the child she gave birth to three years after her husband died. Škrinjarić was stripped of all judicial privileges and forced to hand over the key and stamp of the city to the new judge. Geljanić was taken to prison but managed to escape. After Škrinjarić was accused for helping her escape he found her and brought her to trial where she swore that she had no relation with him. Based on the court's decision, Geljanić was "put into shackles" in the house of the city guardian to be tortured to confess who was the father of her child. Škrinjarić was released of accusations because he swore innocence, while the fate of the widow Geljanić is unknown.
Bibliography
In 1587 Škrinjarić published his
Latin language
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
work ''De Agno Paschali'' in the
Printing House of Ivan Manlius. A copy of this work can be found in the University Library in
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
. Škrinjarić dedicated this book to
Antun Vramec
Antun (or Anton, also spelled Antol) Vramec (1538–1587/8) was a Croatian priest and writer. He wrote the first historical book in Slovene. As it was the second book written in the Kajkavian dialect, he was also a founder of the Kajkavian lit ...
. The relation between Škrinjarić and Vramec corresponded to the relation between a student and his teacher. Although he published his only work on Latin language and there is no single sentence he wrote using Kajkavian dialect, because of the influence on the other members of the Varaždin literary circle, he is frequently connected with first written Kajkavian works.
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Further reading
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* (another copy, digitised and freely accessible at the dLib.si, portal of the Digital library of Slovenia)
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1520s births
1592 deaths
People from the Kingdom of Hungary