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https://doi.org/10.21857/mwo1vcrpey
Late Reverberations of Theoretical Preparations for the Conspiracy: A Political Plan from the 17th Century in the Hungarian (and the Croatian) Public Life in 1868; Political Background to the Publication of an Act and the Creation of the Scientific Monograph by Gyula Pauler on the 'Conspiracy'
Dinko Šokčević
; HUNREN, RCH, Institute of History
Sažetak
The publication of an old 17th-century political act in form of a series on the pages of the daily paper Hon in 1868, authored by Mór Jókai, stands in relation of dependence with the political situation in the years surrounding the Croatian-Hungarian Pact – Nagodba. In this issue, Sándor Bene analyses the content of this act and the issue of its authorship. This paper aims at presenting late reverberations of the act that became known under the title The Education for a Good Reflection on Hungary's Ruined State (hereinafter referred to as: The Reflections...), and that provoked in Hungary, as early as in 1868, a discussion as strong as the Conspiracy itself. In the Croatian historical science, it is known as the Zrinski-Frankopan Conspiracy, whilst in the Hungarian literature, it bears the name of the first leader of this aristocratic conspiracy – the Palatine priest Ferenc Wesselényi. Gyula Pauler, Hungarian historian, joined the discussion on The Reflections. Eight years later, he published a scientific monograph on the Conspiracy. This scientific (and political) discussion, together with the historical background to the creation of Pauler’s scientific work, occurred in the time of the establishment of the state of Austro-Hungary (and of the Croatian-Hungarian Pact – Nagodba). This was a time when the Hungarian public was attempting to come to terms with the fact that two decades after their fight for independence had been suppressed, it had to accept the new political reality and a member of the Habsburg dynasty as its ruler. This paper presents the political background to this work, which at first glance seems scientific only. It moreover sheds light on the life and political turns in the career of Mór Jókai, literary writer and editor of the paper Hon, former revolutionary and republican, later Crown Prince Rudolf's friend (and Empress Elisabeth's favourite writer), as well as on the political viewpoint of historian Gyula Pauler. He was born in Zagreb, as his father, Tivadar Pauler, was professor at the Faculty of Law of the Royal Academy in the capital of Croatia then, whereas later, following the Nagodba, he held the function of minister in several Hungarian governments. The paper furthermore endeavours to show the connection between Ante Starčević’s rhetoric in particular and the speeches in the style of the Party of Right and the gravamina rhetoric of The Reflections in general, or rather political manifestos and parliament speeches in the 17th century and in early 18th century.
Ključne riječi
17th century; 19th century; Habsburg Monarchy; public opinion; Hungarian history; Croatian history; history of historiography; Zrinski-Frankopan Conspiracy; Gyula Pauler; Ante Starčević; political speeches.
Hrčak ID:
316739
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Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2023.
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