Hungary, Slavonia and Croatia after the Battle of Mohács According to the Laws of the 16th — 17th Centuries

The purpose of the study is to reveal the nature of the relationship between Hungary and Slavonia-Croatia basing on the resolutions of the Hungarian assemblies and Croatian-Slavonian sabor of the 16th — 17th centuries. The main question is: who did they obey — Vienna or Hungary? How did their estates perceive themselves in the new monarchy: as a part of the Kingdom of Hungary or not? How did Hungarian rulers understand Croatia’s belonging? Depending on the changes in Croatia and Slavonia, fluctuations in the title of their rulers from the Habsburg dynasty are traced, as well as the name and status of these state entities, which gradually merged into one political whole. An analysis of the close cooperation between Croatian-Slavonian and Hungarian state institutions and estate assemblies under the new conditions shows the continuity of institutional subordination of the former to the latter, which had developed back in the pre-Mohács period, i.e. the times of interstate union of 1102, known as the “pacta conventa”. Based on this reconstruction, the author verifies the conclusions made in the previous works.