Full text of the paper:
Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad, University in Novi Sad
2023, vol. LVII, No. 3, pp. 853-872
language of the paper: English
Original scientific paper
udk: 314.117:94(436+439)“17/18“
doi:10.5937/zrpfns57-45151
Author:
Pál Szentpáli-Gavallér
Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law
pal.szentpali-gavaller@mfi.gov.hu
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8376-262X
Abstract:
The study describes the development of serfdom, the Dózsa Uprising, which was caused by social conflicts and the limitation of serfdom and their legal consequences. A significant milestone was the Urbárium of 1767, followed by two other decisive boundary stones: the Revolution of 1848 and the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The latter was also significant in the way that it paved the way for the Austro-Hungarian Empire (alongside Japan) to enter the First World War, in parallel with and in a similar way to the Meiji Restoration, which began in Japan in 1867–1868.
The study outlines the relations between serfdom and the peasantry, not only from a legal-historical, but also from an economic and social-historical perspective.
Keywords:
Urbárium of 1767, April 1848 laws, transformation of society, abolition of serfdom, Austro-Hungarian Compromise, Austro-Hungarian Empire.