Contents // Introduction 8 // Split Becomes the Ecclesiatical Centre of Dalmatia 12 The Synod of AD 925 20 // The Growth of Vernacular Literacy in the Middle Ages 30 Marko Marulic and His Circle 40 Markantun de Dominis, Archbishop of Split and Dean of Windsor 52 // The »Illyrian Academy« of 1703 — one of the Earliest Academic Societies in Croatia 64 The Role of Churchmen in Furthering Local Culture and Traditions 74 The 19th Century 80 Some Modern Split Writers 90 Chronology 100