Bobič, Pavlina - “Austria Nova” or “The Compass of Austria is Pointed Southwards” Keywords: Austria | Austrian bishops | Carniola | Catholic Church's | Jeglič | Slovenian | Sustersic Abstract: As the year of 1916 drew to a close, the Austrian bishops issued a joint episcopal letter, which, under the impact of the old emperor's death, affirmed the Catholic Church's unyielding support for the throne. This chapter examines general conditions in the Austrian half of the monarchy at the turn of 1916 and 1917,…

Bobič, Pavlina - “Lift Up Your Heads, for Your Redemption is Near!”: The Dawn of Yugoslavia Keywords: Austria | May Declaration | prince-bishop | Slovenian | Yugoslavia Abstract: The May Declaration, the great popular movement that sprang up in support of it, the dissolution and ultimate restoration of the (All) Slovenian People's Party, as well as continuing debates about imperial reform, dominated the Church's discourse in all the Slovenian lands by 1918. The prince-bishop explicitly required that th…