Jovan Rajić ( sr-cyr, Јован Рајић; September 21, 1726 – December 22, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian,

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

, and

pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century. He was one of the most notable representatives of Serbian

Baroque literature The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

along with

Zaharije Orfelin Zaharije Orfelin ( sr-Cyrl, Захаријe Орфелин; 1726 – 19 January 1785) was a Serbian polymath who lived and worked in the Austrian Monarchy and Venice. Works *''Pesan novosadelanuje za gradjanku gospodicnu Femku'', between ...

, Pavle Julinac,

Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš Vasilije () is a South Slavic masculine given name, a variant of Greek given name ''Vassilios'' ("Basil"). It may refer to: * Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch (), Serbian cleric born Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić * Vasilije Calasan (born 1981), French rac ...

, Simeon Končarević,

Simeon Piščević Simeon Piščević (Šid, 4 September 1731 Imperial Russia, November 1798) was a Serbian memoirist and imperial Russian general. Biography Originally from the famed Serbian Paštrovići tribe, the Piščević family took their name from their o ...

, 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 Serbian historiography ( sr-Cyrl, српска историографија, srpska istoriografija) refers to the historiography (methodology of history studies) of the Serb people since the founding of Serbian statehood. The development can b ...

, and has been compared to the importance of

Nikolay Karamzin Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (russian: Николай Михайлович Карамзин, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kərɐmˈzʲin; ) was a Russian Imperial historian, romantic writer, poet and critic. He is best remembered for ...

Russian historiography This list of Russian historians includes the famous historians, as well as archaeologists, paleographers, genealogists and other representatives of auxiliary historical disciplines from the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire a ...

Notable works

*''Pesni različnina gospodskih prazniki'' (Vienna, 1790) *''Kant o vospominaniju smrti'',

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*''Boj zmaja s orlovi'', (''The Battle between Dragon and Eagles'')

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*''Istorija raznih slovenskih narodov, najpače Bolgar, Horvatov i Serbov'' (''The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of

Bulgars The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 7th century. They became known as nomad ...

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and

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''), 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)

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Life Overview (Serbian)

Јован Рајић - отац српске историје у огледалу историјске штампе
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajic, Jovan 1726 births 1801 deaths 18th-century Serbian historians Christian writers Eastern Orthodox Christians from Serbia Eastern Orthodox theologians Habsburg Serbs Members of the Serbian Orthodox Church National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy alumni People from Sremski Karlovci Serbian geographers Serbian male poets Serbian theologians 18th-century travelers

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