UNDER THE CRESCENT AND THE STAR: THE ILLYRIAN MOVEMENT
UNDER THE CRESCENT AND THE STAR: THE ILLYRIAN MOVEMENT

Author(s): Vlasta Švoger
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history, Music, Architecture, Visual Arts, Political history, Croatian Literature, South Slavic Languages, History of Education, 19th Century, History of Art
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Croatian revival movement; Novine Horvatzke; political conflicts; Illyrian movement;
Summary/Abstract: The beginning of the publication of Novine Horvatzke (January 6, 1835) and its weekly literary supplement Danicza Horvatzka, Slavonzka y Dalmatinzka (whose owner and official editor was Ljudevit Gaj) marked the entry into the most intensive phase of the Croatian national revival. It coincided with the stronger efforts of the Hungarians to limit Croatian autonomy with the imposition of the Hungarian language, and with intense competition between the Hungarian and Croatian honorati in agrarian and commercial affairs. These circumstances encouraged the involvement of Croatian noble-men and wealthier citizens in the revival movement. At the beginning of the movement, there were two social programmes. One of them was a conservative program based on Drašković’s Disertatia, which foresaw a gradual modification of the feudal system with the aim of preserving it. The second, barely known to the public at first, was a bourgeois-liberal programme to abolish the feudal system while preserving the economic strength of the nobility. At first, it was mainly advocated by the citizenry, and by 1848 it was at least partially accepted by the nobility.

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