Matica
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A matica or matice is a Slavic concept of a foundation which promotes national culture and gained prominence during the 19th-century romantic nationalism.[1]
The matica structure has been particularly used among the West Slavic peoples and South Slavic peoples:
- Matica srpska, formed in Hungary in 1826, moved to current Serbia in 1864
- Matice česká, formed in Bohemia in 1831
- Matica hrvatska, formed in Croatia in 1842
- Matica slovenska, formed in Slovakia in 1863
- Slovenska matica, formed in Slovenia in 1864
- Matica crnogorska, formed in Montenegro in 1993
The term has additionally been used to refer to:
- Matica hrvatskih sindikata, Association of Croatian Public Sector Unions
- The magazine Matica, published by Matica crnogorska
References
- ↑ Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer (2004). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and Disjunctures in the 19th and 20th Centuries 3. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9789027234551. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
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