%0 Journal Article %T The Life and Work of Ljudevit Modec %A £¿kvorc %A £¿uro %J - %D 2019 %X Sa£¿etak This article portrays the life and work of Ljudevit Modec (1844¨C1897), a pedagogue, teacher, and textbook author. Modec¡¯s work took place after the fall of Bach¡¯s absolutism: at the time of the ¡°ban-commoner¡± Ivan Ma£¿urani£¿, as well as ban Khuen-H¨¦derv¨¢ry who had suppressed the rights of Croatian people in the second half of the 19th century and stifled the national consciousness of Croats in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The most fruitful part of Modec¡¯s life transpired in Zagreb, where he was the headmaster of the Teacher Training School and the editor of Napredak, a journal of the Croatian Pedagogical-Literary Society. Also, he largely contributed to the construction of the Croatian Teacher¡¯s Home in Zagreb %K Ljudevit Modec %K Napredak %K Teacher Training School %K Croatian Pedagogical and Literary Society %U https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=334936