АУТОНОМИЈА ВОЈВОДИНЕ ДО 1918. ГОДИНЕ – ДА ЛИ ЈЕ ПОСТОЈАЛА, КАДА И КАКВА?
THE AUTONOMY OF VOJVODINA BEFORE 1918

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this article is to review the historical legal position of Serbs in South Hungary, in order to examine whether autonomious Vojvodina existed during the existence of the Habsburg Monarchy or not. Immediately after the Great Migration (1690), as a consequence of the Battle of Vienna, and later in several instances, Serbs required a specified territory from the Monarchy to ensure their national survival, endangered by the Turks due to their pro-Austrian actions during the Siege of Vienna. Still, these requests were not accepted. The status of Serbs was regulated by means of the imperial privileges, which gave them personal autonomy. They were considered as representatives of Orthodox faith and Serbian nation. Privileges were gradually limited, and in the end reduced to the ecclesiastical and educational issues. In consequence, the Serbian Vojvodovina (Dukedom) was proclaimed during the May Assembly in 1848. Several months later the Serbian organization of administration was carried out in the part of the territory proclaimed to be Vojvodina, though it was not recognized by the Monarch.

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