Croatia-Slavonia in the Year 1914 from a Cultural Perspective
Croatia-Slavonia in the Year 1914 from a Cultural Perspective

Summary/Abstract: During the late 19th and the early 20th centuries, the modern world was created, and new tendencies left their traces on almost all areas of human creativity as well as in Croatia-Slavonia within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. This period of peace and prosperity known as La Belle Époque danced its last waltz in the Spring of 1914. Only a month after the assassination in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, the First World War broke out. In Croatia-Slavonia exceptional measures were immediately put into effect, which prompted many changes in society, culture, everyday life, and leisure. The arrival of the first wounded soldiers launched growing humanitarian activities, and the new challenges had an effect on some religious experiences. In the Autumn of 1914, the stormy situation at the frontline influenced the growing troubles at home in various ways: while social and cultural life was limited, military authorities censored news and reports about the real situation on the battlefields and in the hinterland.

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