Dimitrije Ruvarac

Dimitrije "Mita" Ruvarac
Born Dimitrije Ruvarac
(1842-10-25)October 25, 1842
Stari Banovci, Austria Hungary
Died December 16, 1931(1931-12-16) (aged 89)
Sremski Karlovci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Other names Mita
Occupation historian, politician and publisher
Known for one of the most active publishers of his time

Dimitrije "Mita" Ruvarac (Serbian: Димитрије Руварац; Stari Banovci, Austria Hungary October 25, 1842 — Sremski Karlovci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia December 16, 1931) was Serbian historian, Orthodox priest, politician and publisher. He is known for being one of the most active publishers of his time.

Ruvarac family

Ruvarac family immigrated to Syrmia in Austria-Hungary, today in Serbia, from the region between Bihać and Cazin, nowadays Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Ottoman Empire.[1] The Serbian family Ruvarac is exceptional, indeed. Four sons from one generation became important for Serbian culture, science and political life. Dimitrije's brother, Ilarion Ruvarac (1832-1905), was a well-known historian who argued that the historian's ultimate goal must be the postulation of historical truth. He consequently challenged the Romantic glorification of a distant Medieval past and insisted upon an objective knowledge and the use of proper historical sources. Lazar Ruvarac, a graduate from the University of Vienna became a prominent high official in the Serbian government. Kosta Ruvarac (1837-1864), a writer and a literary critic who contributed much to the Serbian Theatre, died suddenly of tuberculosis while still a student at the University of Budapest.

Dimitrije and Ilarion Ruvarac attempted to rehabilitate the Metropolitan of Karlovci, Jovan Georgijević, who entered into the Serbian history of culture for his notoriousness, mostly thanks to the negative opinion of him left by Jovan Rajić. German historian Leopold von Ranke was among the scholars who influenced both Ilarion and Dimitrije Ruvarac, the most.

Selected works

  • Pozivi I Odzivi Ili Radnja Pojedinih Srpskih Arhiepiskopa U Mitropoliji Karlovackoj, Oko Podizanja Srpskih Škola I Stvaranja Fondova za njihovo izdržavanje, (1894) Zemun, Štamparija Jove Karamata
  • Životopis Dorda Nikolajevića mitropolita Dabro-Bosanskog. Štamp. J. Karamata. 1898.
  • "Jezičko i etničko razgraničenje Srba i Hrvata (Linguistic and ethnic border of Serbs and Croats)", Evo šta ste nam krivi (This is what we blame you for) (in Serbian), 1895, archived from the original on July 17, 2011
  • Postanak i razvitak srpske crkvenonarodne avtonomije (1899)
  • Srpska Mitropolija Karlovačka oko polovine XVIII veka (1902)
  • Opis Srpskih Fruškogorskih Manastira 1753 God., (1903), Sremski Karlovci
  • Istorija Patrijaršijske biblioteke (1919)
  • Nacrt života i spisak književnih radova mitropolita Stratimirovića (1921)

References

  1. ↑ Pilipović, Radovan. "Pisci srpske crkvene istorije Dimitrije Ruvarac (1842-1931) – istoričar i bibliotekar". Pravoslavlje, novne srpske patrijaršije. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
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