Open AccessCroatian military chaplains Marko Hummel and Ivan Kralj in the light of the archival records of the War Archives in Vienna
Author(s) -
Miha Šimac
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diacovensia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 1849-014X
pISSN - 1330-2655
DOI - 10.31823/d.28.2.1
Subject(s) - croatian , law , military personnel , history , military history , work (physics) , ancient history , classics , political science , engineering , philosophy , mechanical engineering , linguistics
Several archival records anddocuments in the War Archives in Vienna portray the life and work ofmilitary clergy in the Habsburg armed forces. The paper presents the life andwork of military chaplains from the Diocese of Bosnia or Đakovoand Srijem, Croatia, Marko Hummel and Ivan Kralj, who worked and operated inthe Habsburg armed forces. Marko Hummel joined the aforementioned armed forcesin the mid-19thcentury and performed religious services until his retirement, while Ivan Kraljserved in the army for a much shorter period of time, since he supposedly hadtrouble with his superiors and due to thecircumstances he encountered in Petrovaradin (Peterwardein). The main purposeof the following paper is to cast some light on a part of the Croatian churchhistory that is frequently forgotten and to hopefully motivate further research of the topic.