Резолуција цара Карла VI из 1720. године
The Resolution of Emperor Charles VI from 1720

Summary/Abstract: In 1720 Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg announced the Resolution as the response to complains and petitions of the Serb People and the Church Council, held in 1718. This Resolution contains 22 items, divided into two parts. The first part deals mostly with the problems of population in Slavonia and Srem, such as high taxes and labor obligations, abuses of Empire officials and officers, harassment committed by imperial troops. The second part refers on the disrespect of rights and privileges of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Monarchy (freedom of religion, freedom from paying church taxes to the Catholic Church, right to Church incomes). The Resolution of Emperor Charles VI, issued in 1720, is preserved in translation into Serbian language of that time, and it is kept in the Archive of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, in Sremski Karlovci. The resolution provides valuable information about problems of Serbs and the Orthodox Church in Habsburg Monarchy after the Habsburg-Ottoman war (1716-1718).

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