Interventions of Maximilian Vrhovec in the scholarship system o clergy from Bosna Srebrna (Bosnia Argentina)

Sa？etak Assets of the Foundation, which was established in 1785 by Joseph II, provided enough funds for education of more than 250 young clerics from the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrna until 1843, when the Foundation discontinued its activities. Still, at the beginnings the system and rules according to which these funds would be awarded by the Hungarian Royal Regency Council were not clearly elaborated. Consequently, soon it became clear that inclusion of the clergy from Bosnia into the educational system and standards of the Hungarian and Croatian part of the Habsburg Monarchy would rise many problems. These issues often referred to the discipline problems within the monasteries in which clerics from Bosnia were accommodated during the time of their scholarship. These problems were the most frequent in Zagreb which was the seat of the Province of St Ladislaus. Therefore, bishop of Zagreb, Maximilian Vrhovec was informed and involved in these matters already from the beginning, and encouraged by higher authorities he proposed a plan of reorganization of the entire scholarship system in order to improve it. Author of this article analyzes political and historical context of these proposals and their consequences during the period of thirty years after the arrival of the first clerics who received the scholarship