Review article

ENCOUNTER OF CIVILIZATIONS: BEGINNINGS OF THE POLITICAL LIFE OF CROATS IN HERZEGOVINA DURING THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MONARCHY

Jure Krišto ; Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb

Abstract

After short and concise description of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
during the Turkish reign, the author observes the political organization
of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the date when Austro-
Hungarian Monarchy took charge in BiH till the First World War. With a
goal of enlightening that problem he examines the wider context in which
BiH became the battle-field of different political, national, economic, religious,
class and other interests. In relation to that it is firstly concluded
that the arrival of Monarchy in this underdeveloped province brought
the liberalistic idea which enabled organizing of different forms of social,
economic and cultural life. In the Croatian corpus that was used by the
Franciscans who intruded themselves as the unavoidable factor of social
organizing, which was later manifested in the political plan. But, political
life in BiH was under the strong influence of Hungarians who considered
this country as their sphere of interest. The most convenient for them was
that the tradition of religious identification was being continued instead
of national identification, because they were afraid of the strong Croatian
side in BiH who advocated integration with other Croatian countries. On
the other side Serbs worked on the integration of BiH and Serbia. In that
way Muslims were in absurd situation, especially those who had all the
privileges and who waited vainly for the return of the Ottoman Empire.

Keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary; the Ottoman Empire; Croats; Serbs; Muslims; Hungarians; interests; politics; Franciscans; Stadler.

Hrčak ID:

230269

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/230269

Publication date:

3.12.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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