Reformacija u Istri – 500 godina Matije Vlačića IlirikaUrošević, Nataša (Avtor) Matija Vlačić IlirikMijo MirkovićReformationprint capitalismimagined communitiesIstriaOn the occasion of the quincentenary of the birth of the Istrian reformers, the famous Protestant theologian Matthias Flacius Illyricus (1520–1575) and Stephanus Consul Pinguentinus, Histrianus (1521–1579?), first translator of the New Testament into the Croatian language, analyzing the monographs of the Istrian polymath Mijo Mirković (1898–1963) dedicated to Flacius, the author elaborates in this essay the activity of the Istrian Protestants (Croatians, Slovenians and Italians) who, thanks to the emergence of “print capitalism” and “printed” languages, have contributed significantly to the spread of literacy and culture and to the creation of modern collective identities and “imagined communities”. By presenting the multicultural and cosmopolitan character of the legacy of the Istrian reformers, the importance of international project cooperation in researching the phenomenon of reformation in Istria and in valorising the common European heritage was underlined.20232026-07-08 15:16:18Delo ni kategorizirano30920slImetniki avtorskih pravic na prispevkih so avtorji. CC BY-NC 4.0