and the Serb people, whom he called "popolum Servianum" and "Rasciani seu Serviani". 18th century In official Habsburg documents from the 18th century the Serbs of Habsburg Monarchy were mentioned as Rasciani ("Rascians"), Natio Rasciana ("Rascian nation"), Illyri ("Illyrians") and Natio Illyrica ("Illyrian nation"). During the Kuruc War (1703–1711) of Francis II Rakoczi, the territory of present-day Vojvodina was a battlefield between Hungarian rebels and local Serbs who fought on the side of the Habsburg Emperor. Darvas, the prime military commander of the Hungarian rebels, which fought against Serbs in Bačka, wrote: We burned all large places of Rascia, on the both banks of the rivers Danube and Tisa. 1801–48 When the representatives of the Vojvodinian Serbs negotiated with the Hungarian leader Lajos Kossuth in 1848, they asked him not to call them Raci, because they regard this name insulting, since they had their national and historical endonym – Serbs. The initial name of the city of Novi Sad, Ratzen Stadt (Rascian/Serb City) derived from the name. The Tabán quarter of Budapest was also called Rácváros in the 18th-19th centuries due to its significant Serb population. Since the 19th century, the term Rascians is no longer used. Religion After the Great Serb Migration, the Eparchy of Karlovac and Zrinopolje was established in 1695, the first metropolitan being Atanasije Ljubojević, the exiled metropolitan of Dabar and Bosnia. Legacy There is a Hungarian surname, Rác. See also Serbs in Vojvodina History of Vojvodina History of Serbia History of the Serbs Eparchy of Požega Serbs of Croatia Serbs of Romania Serbs of Hungary Serbian Militia Serbian Free Corps Maps References Sources Gavrilović, Vladan, and Dejan Mikavica. "Владавина права и грађанска равноправност срба у Хабзбуршкој монархији 1526-1792." Teme-Časopis za Društvene Nauke 04 (2013): 1643-1654. External links Vojvodina under Habsburg rule Ottoman history of Vojvodina History of the Serbs Serbian Despotate 15th century in Serbia 16th century in Serbia 17th century in Serbia 18th century in Serbia Croatia under Habsburg rule