But, of course, quite apart from such considerations, Serbia was suffering from the extreme exhaustion consequent upon waging two wars within a year, and her statesmen, despite the rebuffs administered by Count Berchtold, were genuinely anxious for a modus vivendi with the neighbouring Monarchy, as an essential condition to a period of quiet internal consolidation.

The Chancellor sketched a truly moving picture of Germany beseeching Austria to find a modus vivendi between herself and Russia.

In 1096 the Council of Nîmes laid down a modus vivendi without pronouncing upon the principle.