“The feudal nobility families Zrinski and Frankopan had given some of the most important political figures of their time, but also prominent key figures in economy and culture of Croatia in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. One of these important individuals was definitely Katarina Zrinski, the wife of the viceroy Petar Zrinski. Her political activity was very important in those turbulent, troubled times, not only linked to the notorious conspiracy Zrinski – Frankopan, but in turmoil of Croatia’s politics and culture too. Katarina was the initiator for publishing literary works of Petar Zrinski (‘The siren of the Adriatic Sea’, ‘Sibila’) which are of utmost importance for Croatian literature. Katarina herself published her own prayer – book in Croatian ‘kajkavian’ dialect (‘Putni tovaruš, Venice 1661). She also wrote poetry. In 1990’s a Zagreb journalist Gerhard Ledić discovered Katarina’s hand-written book of poetry, with some thirty poems, possibly more – both Katarina’s and some other authors too. This paper aims to place Katarina’s literary work in context with circumstances, relating to the then times in northwestern Croatia under the nobility families Zrinski and Frankopan.”
Sažetak rada: Feletar, D. Viceroy’s Influential Wife Katarina in Croatia’s Northwestern Circle of Zrinski Family. // Podravina : časopis za multidisciplinarna istraživanja, Vol.2, No.4 (2003), str. 101-120