Grlica (Cyrillic: ÃÂÃÂûøÃÂð; English: The Turtledove) was the first serial publication published in Montenegro. It was published from 1835 to 1839 in Cetinje, and was largely edited by Dimitrije MilakoviÃÂ, personal secretary of Prince-Bishop Petar II PetroviÃÂ-Njegoà ¡. It served as both a calendar, as well as an almanach, and was primarily aimed at the youth. Heavily influenced by Romanticism, Grlica was similar in content and purpose to Vuk Karadà ¾iÃÂ's Danica and ideas of Pan-Slavism and Yugoslavism were common themes.
The first edition of Grlica came out in 1835, one year after the establishment of the Metropolitanate's printing press in 1834. Prince-Bishop Petar II PetroviÃÂ-Njegoà ¡ ordered the printing of a calendar to commemorate the 340th anniversary of the Crnojeviàprinting house.
The publishing of Grlica coincided with the first serialized publication in the Principality of Serbia, the Novine srbske, as well as Ljudevit Gaj's Novine horvatzke published in Zagreb. According to Georgije NikolajeviÃÂ, Grlica was one of the Illyrian and Pan-Slavic publications of its time along with the Slovak Zora, the Serbian Golubica and the Dalmatian Ljubitelj prosveà ¡tenija.
Each edition from 1835 to 1839 was edited by Dimitrije MilakoviÃÂ, personal secretary of the Prince-Bishop, except in 1837 when MilakoviÃÂ was staying in the Russian Empire. The 1837 edition was edited by archimandrite Petronije LujanoviÃÂ.
Grlica was established under the order of Prince-Bishop Njegoà ¡, and was primarily aimed at the youth. It was in part a calendar, as well as an almanach, printing original contributions as well as translations. Its most frequent collaborators were Njegoà ¡, Dimitrije Milakoviàand Sima MilutinoviàSarajlija.
The publication of Grlica marked the beginning of the codification of epic events from Montenegro's modern history. Heavily influenced by Romanticism, Grlica was similar in content and purpose to Vuk Karadà ¾iÃÂ's Danica. Ideas of Pan-Slavism and Yugoslavism were common themes.
Grlica featured several standardized sections. Beginning with a calendar, it further presented the names and genealogies of ruling European monarchs in each issue. Other sections included a column on science, epic poetry, authored poetry and an entertainment section. The science section was mostly concerned with history, geography and ethnography, and was authored by Dimitrije MilakoviÃÂ. Here, he described a short account of the geography and demographics of Montenegro, and in the 1838 edition, of the Bay of Kotor. A major contribution was also the short history of Montenegro, authored by Prince-Bishop Petar I, written down and edited by MilakoviÃÂ, describing the history of Montenegro from 1711 to 1830.