Viktor Novak

Viktor Novak (1889-1977) is an author and historian who was once a Catholic priest, full member of Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, a honoray member of Jugoslav Academy of Science and Arts.[1] He authored Magnum tempus[2], Magnum sacerdos[3] and Magnum Crimen (The Great Crime - a half-century of clericalism in Croatia), a trilogy about the Roman Catholic Church in Yugoslavia and its relation to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Roman Curia, and Croatian nationhood including Ustashe supporters and World War II.[4] From 1929 to 1959, he was a professor of Croatian history at the University of Belgrade.

References

  1. ^ Ljetopis Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti by Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti Zagreb 1979, pages 58, 673-4
  2. ^ published as Magnum tempus: ilirizam i katoličko sveštenstvo : ideje i ličnosti, 1830-1849 by Novak, Viktor; Nova knjiga, Belgrade, 1987
  3. ^ published as Josip Juraj Strossmayer: apostol Jugoslovenske misli by Novak, Viktor; Savez sokola kraljevine Jugoslavije, Belgrade, 1941
  4. ^ Magnum Crimen [1948], pages I-XV