Jovan Rajić

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Jovan Rajić's The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs, Museum of Vuk and Dositej

Jovan Rajić (Template:Lang-sr-cyr; September 21, 1726 – December 22, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century.^[1] He was one of the most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature along with Zaharije Orfelin, Pavle Julinac, Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš, Simeon Končarević, Simeon Piščević, and others (although he worked in the first half of 18th century, as Baroque trends in Serbian literature emerged in the late 17th century).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Rajić was the forerunner to modern Serbian historiography,^[2] and has been compared to the importance of Nikolay Karamzin to Russian historiography.^[3]

Notable works

Pesni različnina gospodskih prazniki (Vienna, 1790)
Kant o vospominaniju smrti, cantata
Boj zmaja s orlovi, (The Battle between Dragon and Eagles) epic poem
Istorija raznih slovenskih narodov, najpače Bolgar, Horvatov i Serbov (The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs), the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs, in four volumes^[4]
Serbian Catechesis (Katihisis mali)
Uroš V (reworked drama by Emanuel Kozačinski, his teacher)^[5]

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