Proces opismenjavanja i nastanak lokalne inteligencije kod karaševskih Hrvata u 18. stoljeću
Acquiring Literacy and the Emergence of Local Intelligentsia in Karaševo Croats in the 18th Century

Summary/Abstract: It seems that Kara{evo, the biggest and historically most important locality of the Kara{evo Croats in today's Romanian part of Banat, was preserved already in the 18th century as a relatively important settlement in that region, not only demographically speaking, but also in the administrative, economic and religious sense. However, very little is known about the historiography dealing with the history of education in Kara{evo at that time as well as in other settlements in Kara{evo, Nermet, Jabal~a, Klokoti}, Lupak, Ravnik and Vodnik. Thus the aim of the paper is to reconstruct this history by analysing available sources and literature, from the earliest mention of school and teachers in Kara{evo in 1726/30 to the establishment of schools in other Kara{evo settlements by the end of the 18th century. In addition to a succession of Kara{evo teachers, their material and social status, the construction of school buildings, data on students, school subjects, textbooks etc. have been researched, with more information being available after the beginning of school reforms in the whole monarchy in 1774. It can be concluded that in the last quarter of the 18th century, after the phase of acquiring literacy, there emerged the first level of Kara{evo intelligentsia, i.e. a stratum of professional teachers, especially in Kara{evo.

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