Don Ivo Prodan i fra Josip Vergilije Perić – mirni borci za integraciju hrvatskoga pučanstva i hrvatske države
Don Ivo Prodan and Fra Josip Vergilije Perić – Peaceful Fighters for the Integration of the Croatian people and the Croatian state

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the cultural, literary, and political activities of two right-wing politi¬cians and priests coming from the Imotski region, namely don Ivo Prodan and fra Josip Vergilije Perić.A particular emphasis is placed on their disagreement with the Rijeka Resolution, the struggle for Croatian independence, the attitude towards the Serbian people, and the desire to unite Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croatian countries, espe¬cially after the 1908 Annexation. Prodan, the founder of the first right-wing group in Dalmatia, a deputy in The Dalmatian Parliament and The Imperial Council, advocated the full national, territorial, and state integration of the Croatian population and the Croatian state on the basis of natural and historical Croatian state law.In a peaceful and legitimate way, within the framework of Austro-Hungary, that is, trialism, he sought to reach the ultimate goal of creating a fully independent and united Croatia.Perić, also a deputy in The Dalmatian Parliament and The Imperial Council, gave famous speeches in defense of Croatian sacred ideals, and sought help for his native land.His activity is important in the social, cultural, political, and literary fields, where he distinguished himself by works such as the novella Kula od uzdaha (1903, Vienna), Pjesme i poslanice (1909, Zadar), and Poslanica slavodobitnim Balkancima (1913), in which Croatia’s future is seen in internal harmony as well as in harmony with neighbors.

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