Doprinos Franje Fanceva proučavanju povijesti romskoga stanovništva u Hrvatskoj
The Contribution of Franjo Fancev to the Study of the History of the Romany Population in Croatia

Summary/Abstract: The contribution of Franjo Fancev to the study of the history of the Romany population in Croatia is analysed in this paper through his articles about Romany people, archive documents and relevant literature. Franjo Fancev was one of the most important Croatian linguists and historians of the first half of the 20th century. He wrote five articles about the history and current position of the Romany population in Croatia and Europe and in 1912 he published this article in the Croatian daily newspaper "Narodne novine". In his articles Fancev writes about the history, migration, language, culture and position of the Romany population in Croatia and Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. As a librarian in the Public library in Zagreb, he used contemporary literature regarding the history and culture of the Romany population, eg. Franc Miklosich, Josef Karl Ludwig Habsburg. Fancev was among the first Croatian scientists to write about the Romany population, and his articles are an essential source for writing about Romany people in Croatia, today.

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