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Jevtimije Ivanović
Jevtimije Ivanović (Sen Mikluš, Habsburg monarchy, today's Sinnicolau Mare, Romania, 1773 – Sremska Mitrovica, 1849) was a Serbian priest and author of four collections of biographies of notable individuals under the title ''Novi Plutarh'' (New Plutarch, 1809–1841). Biography Ivanović graduated from the Serbian Orthodox Theological Seminary of Sremski Karlovci and for 38 years while in priesthood and teaching, he also translated and wrote biographies, published between 1809 and 1841. His first parish was in Šid, and in the Kuveždin Monastery, before he settled in 1812 in Zemun from where he retired in 1834. A novelty in Serbian prose was secular biography at the time, which existed in older Serbian hagiographies, better known as ''žitije'' or ''vita''. This trend would continue to develop fully and in direct correlation with classical works. Ivanović was influenced by Dositej Obradović who wrote the first individual biographies, a genre that expanded to the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habsburg Monarchy
The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm (), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities (composite monarchy) that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is also referred to as the Austrian monarchy, the Austrian Empire () or the Danubian monarchy. The history of the Habsburg monarchy can be traced back to the election of Rudolf I of Germany, Rudolf I as King of the Romans, King of Germany in 1273 and his acquisition of the Duchy of Austria for the Habsburgs in 1282. In 1482, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I acquired the Habsburg Netherlands, Netherlands through marriage. Both realms passed to his grandson and successor, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, who also inherited the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish throne and Spanish Empire, its colonial possessions, and thus came to rule the Habsburg empire at its greatest territorial extent. The abdication of Charles V in 1556 led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
