Tamara Tvrtković, Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb
The Commentarii de temporibus suis written by humanist and historiographer Ludovik Crijević Tuberon from the Republic of Ragusa can serve as a „springboard“ for carrying out research into the notions related to the study of contemporary historiography and other sciences respectively.
In the first place, it will be shown how one can interpret Tubero's text, and whether or not, as well as to what extent, his text is suitable for good interdisciplinary research. Imagology, intertextuality and digitalization are just some of the notions borrowed from contemporary theories that can apply to humanistic texts, and therefore an attempt to show/prove it will be made on the example of Tuberon's work.
The relatively new research field of imagology, among other things, deals with the study of literary perception and representation of foreign countries and peoples. The primary goal of this paper is to identify which peoples and countries Tubero mentions, what is his attitude towards them (e. g. towards the Hungari - Hungars), and how it fits within the framework of imagology. Furthermore, it will be studied how Tubero's text functions in the context of other humanistic and subsequent historiographical texts as well as which intertextual procedures can be singled out. Finally, it will be demonstrated how modern technology, i.e. digitalization of Latin lexts, can greatly assist us in our research.