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The Symbolic Identity of Croatia in the Triangle Crossroads - Bulwark - Bridge

The contribution analyses the ways in which various political, ecclesiastical and other influential social actors in Croatia, during the period from the mid-16th to the early 20th century, in their respective ideologies and public discourses or literary works used to define Croatia and its 'political/ cultural/ historical vocation' or 'geo-political function'. The accent is put on the dynamic interplay, co-existence or polemical concurrence of the three central metaphors: Croatia as bulwark (antemurale) of Chistianity/ Roman Catholicism/ civilization/ Europe ; Croatia as crossroads of East and West, North and South ; Croatia as bridge between Western and Eastern Christianity, West and the Balkans, Slavic and Romance nations...

political myths ; political discourse ; Croatia, bulwark (antemurale) ; crossroads ; bridge

The paper, and the book as a whole, emanates from the research project 'Historical myths in Changing Balkan Societis', a joint project by the University of Oslo and the Institut za istoriju in Sarajevo.