Franz Ferdinand

Bled, Jean-Paul; Grabmayr, Susanne; Pitner, Marie Therese

doi:10.7767/boehlau.9783205789666

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“…22 The Slovenian historians Gestrin and Melik 23 also wrote that there was no proof of Ferdinand having been keen on the idea of federalization, while the Croatian historian Mirjana Gross 24 notes that it is impossible to know the archduke's true intentions since, as heir to the throne, he could not openly advocate any particular reform program. Regardless of what he truly thought about trialism and the fact that one part of the South Slavs hated him, 25 we can be sure that trialist visions persisted in the heads of prominent Slovenian politicians right up to the end of the Habsburg Monarchy. 26 However, their attitude to the idea was inconsistent during the last decade before World War I.…”

Section: The Idea Of a South Slavic Habsburg Unitmentioning

confidence: 98%

How Littoral Slovenians Viewed the Idea of a South Slavic Unit in the Habsburg Monarchy

Ivašković

2022

J Mod Eur Hist

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The article presents the idea of a third unit in the Habsburg Monarchy prior to World War I as seen through the eyes of Slovenian liberals. The author presents the broader political context in which the concept emerged and then analyses the reactions of various political groups amid national tensions in the Balkans. Extracts of two liberal Slovenian newspapers, Edinost (Trieste) and Soča (Gorizia), are examined with respect to the key geopolitical dilemmas and interests of different stakeholders affected by the new geopolitical construct. It is argued that trialism was chiefly an attempt by Austria to curtail the power of Hungary. The majority of Slovenians and Croatians initially supported the idea because it implied their political emancipation. On the other side were the Hungarians, Italians and Serbs who saw the idea as a threat to their national interests. In terms of South Slavic relations, trialism represented a new battlefield for the Catholic and Orthodox visions of Yugoslavism. With further development of the concept, first and foremost due to Austria's ambitions to satisfy the Italians and leave Trieste and Gorizia outside of the imagined third unit, the idea introduced tension into Croatian–Slovenian relations and led to a fresh dispute in the Slovenian political sphere between liberals and conservatives. Finally, the advocates of trialism were unable to gain sufficient internal support within the Habsburg Monarchy, which thereby preserved the status quo and the dual regime until the monarchy's collapse during war.

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Section: The Idea Of a South Slavic Habsburg Unitmentioning

confidence: 98%