HUNGARIAN NATIONALISM AND CROATIAN POLITICS, 1848-1849

Autor analizira osnovne aspekte hrvatsko-mađarskih odnosa 1848.-1849. u sklopu tadašnjih revolucionarnih zbivanja u Habsburškoj monarhiji. Ukazuje na uzroke sukobljavanja dviju nacionalnih politika, međusobnog rata, nemogućnosti pomirenja i promjena unutar hrvatske politike prema Ugarskoj i mađarskom nacionalizmu do kojeg dolazi s promjenom općih političkih prilika u Habsburškoj monarhiji.The author analyzes the main aspects of Croatian-Hungarian relations from the beginning of the revolution in the Habsburg Monarchy in March, 1848, until the end of 1849. The author examines the causes of the conflict between Croatian and Hungarian national/political objectives, a conflict which proved impossible to reconcile, and the change in attitude toward Hungarian nationalism that took place among a part of the Croatian public during the second half of 1849. The main issues were: the constitutional relationship between the two nations, the rights of nations within the Hungarian kingdom, and the future of the Habsburg Monarchy. Croatian political objectives, from April 1848 onward, were independence from Hungary, the equality of all the nations of Hungary, and a recognition of the unity of the Monarchy. Hungarian politics were based on preserving the domination of Magyars over non-Magyars in Hungary; Croatia was viewed as an integral part of Hungary. Overwhelmingly, the Hungarians sought to preserve the military, financial, and diplomatic independence they gained at the start of the revolution. The Croatian public was sharply opposed to the conservative party of the Magyar aristocracy, and highly critical of the support it had from Austrian government