https://doi.org/10.59132/zvs/2025/2/25-44
Izvleček
Preteklosti današnjih slovenskih dežel ni prvi izpostavil Janez Vajkard Valvasor, nanje je z vsevednim pogledom, kot so ga premogli le največji baročni polihistorji, opozoril že njegov predhodnik in mentor Janez Ludvik Schönleben (1618–1681). Njegov ohranjeni opus priča, da je v eni osebi uspešno združeval lik polihistorja, zgodovinarja, genealoga, govornika, pridigarja, teologa (natančneje mariologa), filozofa in dramatika, zato je pomemben tako za slovenski kot tudi širši evropski prostor. Ker je za razliko od Valvasorja večino svojih del napisal v latinščini, je ostal manj opažen od svojega učenca. Raziskave zadnjih let so popravile storjeno krivico in učenjaku širokih obzorij, ki bi mu bogato študijsko in karierno pot zavidal marsikateri današnji znanstvenik, namenile mesto, ki mu pripada. Ker sta jezuitska vzgoja in šolstvo odločilno zaznamovala Schönlebnova zanimanja, se v prispevku medsebojno prepletata tako opis njegovega življenja in dela kot prikaz jezuitskega šolstva v Ljubljani od ustanovitve kolegija (1597) vse do razpusta jezuitskega reda (1773) in let neposredno za tem. Prispevek posredno pokaže tudi, kako je jezuitsko šolstvo ustvarilo pogoje za vzpon intelektualne elite na Kranjskem.
Abstract
Janez Ludvik Schönleben: his Life and Work in the Light of Jesuit Education
Johann Weikhard Valvasor was not the first to highlight the history of present-day Slovenian lands; his predecessor and mentor, Johann Ludwig Schönleben (1618-1681), had already drawn attention to them with a comprehensive insight, exhibited only by the greatest Baroque polymaths. His preserved complete works demonstrate that he successfully combined the roles of polymath, historian, genealogist, orator, preacher, theologian (specifically, Mariologist), philosopher, and playwright, making him significant both for Slovenia and the wider European area. Unlike Valvasor, he wrote most of his works in Latin, which contributed to his being less recognised than his student. Research in recent years has addressed this oversight and accorded this scholar of broad horizons, whose distinguished academic and professional career would be the envy of many modern scientists, the recognition he deserves. As Schönleben’s interests were strongly shaped by his Jesuit education, this article intertwines the account of his life and work with an overview of the Jesuit education in Ljubljana from the founding of the college (1597) to the dissolution of the Jesuit order (1773) and the years immediately following. The article also indirectly demonstrates how the Jesuit education created the conditions for the emergence of the intellectual elite in Carniola.