Original scientific paper
FRANCISCANS IN SLAVONIJA AND DANUBE REGION DURING THE LATER PERIOD OF JOSEPHINISM
Franjo Emanuel HOŠKO
Abstract
Hungarian historians emphasise that the history of Josephinism in the Hungarian part of the Monarchy ended when the emperor Joseph II died because before his death the emperor had redrew all his administrative reforms. However, this statement cannot be held as an absolute true, especially if one investigates life of the monastic orders – above all life of the Franciscans in the regions of Slavonija and Danube. Namely, according to the rule of the Franciscan province of St. John Capistrano Statuta municipalia (Budae, 1829), which was written by Grga Čevapović (1786-1830), it is obvious that even in the nineteenth century the Monarchy did not change its fundamental attitude towards Church in the Hungarian part, though some of the Josephinism’s requests were slightly reduced. The main regulations about monks still were on power: nexus passivus, i.e. abolishment of all the relations towards the central administration and subjecting of the monk communities under the power of the diocesan bishop, numerus fixus or limitation of the number of clerics in their communities, and placetum regium – the law that provided a great range of Monarchy’s control over the Church. Therefore, one can notice in Statuta municipalia that author acknowledges emperor and Monarchy as the creators of the Franciscan law, though it is obvious that Franciscans looked for restoration of the Franciscan law before the Josephinism because Josephinism’s rule caused diminishment of the Franciscan order.
Keywords
Franciscans; Čevapović; Slavonija; the region of Danube; later Josephinism; Statuta municipalia; nexus passivus; numerus fixus; placetum regium
Hrčak ID:
9652
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Publication date:
15.6.2005.
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