Ferenc Oslay (

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, Eastern Slovene, or Wendish (, , Prekmurje Slovene: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina''), is the language of Prekmurje in Easte ...

: ''Ferenc Ošlaj'' or ''Ošlay''; September 22, 1883 – April 22, 1932) was a Hungarian- Slovene historian, writer, Trianon irredentist, and propagandist. Born in Filovci to a minor noble family, Oslay attended elementary school in

Puconci Puconci (; in older sources also ''Pucinci'', , Prekmurje Slovene: ''Püconci'') is a settlement in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Puconci. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd. Church ...

and received further education in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

. Oslay studied the Slovene March (

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...

) and contributed to Sándor Mikola's irredentist publication ''Domovina''. Oslay's research topics were the history of Prekmurje, the local language, the

Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major Theology, theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the p ...

, and

Croatian history At the time of the Roman Empire, the area of modern Croatia comprised two Roman provinces, Pannonia and Dalmatia. After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, the area was subjugated by the Ostrogoths for 50 years, before ...

. Oslay made many claims that are untenable and unproveable, including that

Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...

was inhabited by

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

, and therefore Styria is also an ancient Hungarian area, or that the Slovenes in Prekmurje and Styria are assimilated Hungarians. Oslay supported the anti-Slavic chauvinistic propaganda of Sándor Mikola after World War I.Sándor Mikola. 1920. A vendség múltja és jelene. Budapest: Author.

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File:Oslay Ferenc A horvat jobbagysag (1500-1650).jpg, Oslay's 1910 book ''A horvát jobbágyság 1500–1650-ig'' (Croatian Serfdom, 1500–1650)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oslay, Ferenc Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Hungarian writers 20th-century Hungarian historians 1883 births 1932 deaths People from the Municipality of Moravske Toplice

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