Marko Maruli?

Marko Maruli? (Split, August 18, 1450 - Split, January 5, 1524), Croatian poet, apologist and Christian humanist is generally considered the father of vernacular Croatian literature.

Latin

His European fame rested mainly on his works written in Latin which had been published and re-published during 16th and 17th centuries and translated into many languages. De institutione bene vivendi per exempla sanctorum (1498) is a moralist tractate of Biblical inspiration. Evanglistarium (1500) a systematic discourse on ethical principles, and Davidias from 1504 a religious epic which fused Biblical motifs and Antique, Virgilian poetics. However, Maruli?'s Latin works of devotional and religious provenance, once adored and envied across Europe, shared the destiny that befell the genre in past two centuries: they vanished into oblivion.

Related Topics:
Europe - 16th - 17th centuries - 1498 - 1500 - 1504

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