O VJERSKIM INSTITUCIJAMA U HERCEGOVAČKOM SANDŽAKU U PRVIM DECENIJAMA XVII STOLJEĆA
ON RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN HERZEGOVINA SANDJAK IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE 17TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: In this work, the author focuses on the main religious institutions in the Herzegovinian Sandjak during the first decades of the 17th century. The role and importance of Herzegovinian spiritual authorities of different denominations is pointed out. Certain specificities of religious life are highlighted, such as the spread of Sufi teachings and the formation of new tekke of the Halvetian dervish order. The social and political engagement of the Orthodox clergy was emphasized, which produced numerous consequences due to its anti-Ottoman character. Also, religious circumstances among Herzegovina’s Catholics, for which the formation of the Makarska Diocese (1615), as well as the activities of Franciscan priests from coastal monasteries, were of some importance.

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