Original scientific paper
Croatian Party of Rights in the City of Koprivnica at the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century
Mislav Gabelica
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In this paper, the author analyzed the development of the Political Party of Rights in the city of Koprivnica at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, and compared it with the development of the same political party in the Koprivnica area. He noticed that this development took place in Koprivnica significantly differently than in its surroundings. At the beginning of the 20th century, in the vicinity of Koprivnica, the Croatian Party of Rights lost all political influence, and the Croatian People’s Peasant Party of Rights and the Clean Party of Rights (Starčević’s Croatian Party of Rights), whose part of political positions were after 1908 acquired by a renegade Starčević’s Party of Rights forced their dominance on the plitical scene. Only in the city of Koprivnica did the Croatian Party of Rights retain its dominant position until 1908, when its Koprivnica organization was transformed into the organization of the dissident Starčević’s Party of Rights. The author sees the reason for this development of the Croatian Party of Right in Koprivnica in two capable politicians, supporters of the the Croatian Party of Rights, who at that time left their mark on the political life of Koprivnica: Koprivnica parish priest Stjepan Zagorec, who as a member of parliament primarily worked at the general Croatian level, and Koprivnica mayor Josip Vargović, which operated at the local level. Vargović was at the head of a group of Koprivnica entrepreneurs, who tied a large part of Koprivnica citizens to their business and political circle through their business ties. In addition, the author sees the reason for the special development of the Croatian Party of Rights in Koprivnica in relation to its surroundings in the special administrative and political position of Koprivnica, which Koprivnica enjoyed on the basis of its status of a city.
Keywords
Koprivnica; Croatian Party of Rights; “patriots”; Frankovici (followers of Josip Frank); Milinovci (followers of Mile Starčević)
Hrčak ID:
289267
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Publication date:
11.12.2022.
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