A Balkan-style French revolution?: The 1804 Serbian uprising in European perspective
Abstract
The Serbian uprising of 1804-13, initially a peasant rebellion against abuses of power by local janissaries, turned into a national and social revolution from 1806. During its second phase (late 1806 - early 1807), Serbian insurgents openly proclaimed their demand for independence. Encouraged by their military achievements, the insurgent leaders began to seek wider Balkan support for their struggle against Ottoman domination. Although its political claims were a mixture of modern national and romantic historic rights, the uprising gave hope to all Balkan Christians that the Ottoman defeat was an achievable goal. For the Balkan nations it was a French Revolution adapted to local conditions: the principle of popular sovereignty was opposed to the principle of legitimism; a new peasant-dominated society was created in which, due to the lack of the aristocracy and well-established middle classes, agrarian egalitarianism was combined with the rising aspirations of a modern nation. Its long-...term effects on the political and social landscape of the whole region justified the assessment of the eminent German historian Leopold von Ranke who described the uprising, by analogy with the French example, as the Serbian Revolution.
Source:
Balcanica, 2005, 36, 113-128Collections
Institution/Community
Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Bataković, Dušan T. PY - 2005 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/4225 AB - The Serbian uprising of 1804-13, initially a peasant rebellion against abuses of power by local janissaries, turned into a national and social revolution from 1806. During its second phase (late 1806 - early 1807), Serbian insurgents openly proclaimed their demand for independence. Encouraged by their military achievements, the insurgent leaders began to seek wider Balkan support for their struggle against Ottoman domination. Although its political claims were a mixture of modern national and romantic historic rights, the uprising gave hope to all Balkan Christians that the Ottoman defeat was an achievable goal. For the Balkan nations it was a French Revolution adapted to local conditions: the principle of popular sovereignty was opposed to the principle of legitimism; a new peasant-dominated society was created in which, due to the lack of the aristocracy and well-established middle classes, agrarian egalitarianism was combined with the rising aspirations of a modern nation. Its long-term effects on the political and social landscape of the whole region justified the assessment of the eminent German historian Leopold von Ranke who described the uprising, by analogy with the French example, as the Serbian Revolution. T2 - Balcanica T1 - A Balkan-style French revolution?: The 1804 Serbian uprising in European perspective SP - 113 EP - 128 IS - 36 DO - 10.2298/BALC0536113B UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4225 ER -
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Bataković, D. T.. (2005). A Balkan-style French revolution?: The 1804 Serbian uprising in European perspective. in Balcanica(36), 113-128. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0536113B https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4225
Bataković DT. A Balkan-style French revolution?: The 1804 Serbian uprising in European perspective. in Balcanica. 2005;(36):113-128. doi:10.2298/BALC0536113B https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4225 .
Bataković, Dušan T., "A Balkan-style French revolution?: The 1804 Serbian uprising in European perspective" in Balcanica, no. 36 (2005):113-128, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0536113B ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4225 .