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The Restoration of Constitutional Order in Croatia in 1860 and Political Position of Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer at the End of 1862. In honour of the 150th Anniversary of the Multi-Party System in Croatian Parliament
Stjepan Sršan
; Državni arhiv u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The article briefly depicts the situation in Croatia at the end of the Austrian absolutism, which abolished the constitutional order of the Monarchy. Because of the internal and external failures of Austrian Monarchy, at the end of 1860 the government in Vienna had to reject absolutist rule and to restore constitutional order. Croatians gladly welcomed the opening of their Parliament on April 15th, 1861, when, with a lot of enthusiasm and hope, they worked on interior organisation of Croatia, as well as political relations between Croatia and Hungary, and that with the Austrian Empire.
In turbulent and momentous times on the eve of the return and after the restoration of the Constitution in 1861, Strossmayer did all that he could through a variety of institutions, in particular through the Croatian Parliament, to ensure for Croatian people an independent, free and integral Croatia, even if within the Austrian Empire. On every occasion Strossmayer stressed the historic municipal rights of Croatia for independence and freedom and integrity, proving that Dalmatia, Military Border, Međimurje and Rijeka with the surrounding areas are all constitutive components of Croatia. In addition to political preconditions, Strossmayer advocated for economic, educational and cultural development of Croatia without which it was impossible to achieve, as he held, political development and stability of Croatia.
With regards to foreign policy, Strossmayer, primarily in Croatian Parliament and on any other appropriate occasion, advocated Croatian alliance with Hungary, but on the equal basis, provided that Hungary recognized Croatia’s independence and integrity, and in relations to Austrian Monarchy, Strossmayer voted for federative structure for all countries in the multinational monarchy, so that all nations could have equal duties, yet also equal rights.
Ključne riječi
Croatia; Strossmayer; constitution; parliament; politics
Hrčak ID:
105333
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Datum izdavanja:
8.7.2013.
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