Slovenský protonacionalizmus na Šariši v polovici 18. storočia
Slovak Protonacionalism in Region Saris in the Middle of the 18th Century

Summary/Abstract: The Eger bishopric in the last two thirds of the 18th century experienced „the golden times“. The bishop of Eger Francis Barkóczi done a canonical visitation in region Saris in 1749. In this region lived the priest Ignatius Herkal (1696-1758), who studied at the Jesuit University in Trnava. He later became the priest in Saris. He was aware of his Slovak origins and openly talked about it with other priests at neighbouring parishes. Several of his colleagues took over Herkal’s vocabulary and conviction about the peculiarities of the Slovaks and their language. This episode of the history of Slovak protonacionalism has so far been unknown.

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