Vitezović claimed to have written the work in 1679, which some historians put closer to 1682 instead.
Vitezović intended to publish additional three parts, which never came to fruition, as some have speculated that what was initially written in 1679 was subsequently revised and shortened.
Vitezović had political and historiographical motivation which likely inspired him to write Odiljenje sigetsko, but did not take away from his primarily lyrical and emotional worldview.
The gradual weakening of the Ottoman threat from within the Habsburg Monarchy led to espouse an ambition in retrieving the lands previously being part of Croatia within the same monarchy from the Ottomans.
Vitezović served in the Habsburg-Ottoman wars around the time of writing and likely experienced motives he portrayed within the work such as death.
Vitezović claimed to have written the work in 1679, which some historians put closer to 1682 instead. Vitezović intended to publish additional three parts, which never came to fruition, as some have speculated that what was initially written in 1679 was subsequently revised and shortened. Vitezović had political and historiographical motivation which likely inspired him to write Odiljenje sigetsko, but did not take away from his primarily lyrical and emotional worldview. The gradual weakening of the Ottoman threat from within the Habsburg Monarchy led to espouse an ambition in retrieving the lands previously being part of Croatia within the same monarchy from the Ottomans. Vitezović served in the Habsburg-Ottoman wars around the time of writing and likely experienced motives he portrayed within the work such as death.
Odiljenje sigetsko