Education
He went to gymnasium in Zagreb, studied philosophy in Graz and theology in Trnava.
He went to gymnasium in Zagreb, studied philosophy in Graz and theology in Trnava.
Christian moral is the main theme of Habdelić"s literary work, but because a man is prone in violating these strict Christian norms and easily gives himself to sin, this is the main motive of Habdelić"s thoughts. What is especially important is the ability of Habdelić to anlyze through that main theme all parts of society: nobles, citizens, peasants and he doesn"t spare the priests either. Writing about the actual events in Croatia at that time (Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy or Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt led by Matija Gubec) he reveals himself as an upholder of the existing order.
He considers the peasant rebellion as inconsistency of common people and their tendency to chaotic behaviour, and the conspiracy as arrogance of grand nobility.
Habdelić wrote in kajkavian dialect and showed himself as an expert in the speech of commoners. At the same time he was opponent of common, profane things in which he also included folk songs, instructing his readers to discard shameful, ungodly and unpure verses and songs.
With his work Dictionar ili reči slovenske (Dictionary or Slavic words) from 1670, he takes prominent, although layman, place in history of Croatian literature and linguistics. Namely, being without any special linguistic knowledge and writing for school papers he wrote Croatian-Latin dictionary.