Luka Svetec
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Luka Svetec was a Slovene politician, lawyer, author and philologist. In the 1870s and 1880s, Svetec was one of the most influential leaders of the so-called Old Slovenes, a national conservative poli
Luka Svetec
Young Slovenes
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Young Slovenes were a Slovene national liberal political movement in the 1860s and 1870s, inspired and named after the Young Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia. They were opposed to the national conservati
Luka Svetec
…movement. Against the pragmatism of most of its leaders, Svetec called for an intransigent political action, thus frequently siding with the radical Young Slovenes. Throughout his life, he defended the idea of United Slovenia. He opposed national demands based on historical state rights, and firmly supported the…
The cover of the first issue of the journal Ljubljanski zvon, established by Young Slovene followers.