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This ambitious work focuses on the emergence and the development of medieval towns in the two Romanian principalities of South-Eastern Europe, Wallachia and Moldavia, from their earliest days, in the 13th century, up to the 16th. It is the only work of its kind in English, but at the same time the first in the field seeking to identify and substantiate common elements between towns in this area of Europe. It also covers Poland, Hungary and the lands south of the Danube. By relying both on various written sources, and on archeological finds, the author addresses several controversial issues, starting from the particulars of urbanization, through an analysis of local institutions, of urban society and economy, and concluding with thorough case studies. The result is a book which shows that medieval towns in the Romanian Principalities, despite being on the outskirts of Europe, were nevertheless part of it.
Lucrarea, un studiu comparativ al statutului femeii din cele trei state, se adaugă la tezaurul deja consacrat femeii, aprofundând aspecte din viața ei particulară, dar și din gospodărie, cât și societatea din jur.
history of medieval towns in the Romanian Principalities
Winner of the 2023 Early Slavic Studies Book Prize from the Early Slavic Studies Association (ESSA) (Best book) Medieval Moldavia – which was located within present-day northeastern Romania and the Republic of Moldova – developed a bold and eclectic visual culture beginning in the 15th century. Within this networked Carpathian Mountain region, art and architecture reflect the creativity and diversity of the cultural landscapes of Eastern Europe. Moldavian objects and monuments – ranging from fortified monasteries and churches enveloped in fresco cycles to silk embroideries, delicately carved woodwork and metalwork, as well as manuscripts gifted to Mount Athos and other Christian center...
The work represents a synthesis published and printed in two volumes (the 1st volume in 2002, the second one, in 2004) under the aegis of Mica Valahie Publishing House in Bucharest. Being elaborated on the basis of some documents discovered in the Romanian and foreign archives, the two volumes cover the period up to 1929 in the first volume and the period from 1929 to 2005 in the second one. The paper reveals the role and place of Romanian oil in the evolution of the national and worldwide history, especially during the World War between 1939 and 1945 and in the development of the so-called “cold war”. The book insists upon the prospects of the specific “black gold” evolution.In the addendum there are to be found some interesting documents and the complete bibliography of oil.
Aceasta este o istorie a unui singur popor, dar și o istorie reunită a românilordin cele două state românești de azi, state care, din păcate, nu-i adăpostesc nici ele pe toți românii. Această carte de istorie este însă menită să învingă uitarea și să conducă la frângerea risipirii noastre. Să ne amintim mereu că „Hora Unirii” a scris-o moldoveanul Vasile Alecsandri și să încercăm să ne cuprindem cu toții „de acel farmec sfânt” al iubirii de popor și de țară, de țara noastră, care, oriunde ar fi ea, se numește Țara Românească. Până o vom avea din nou întreagă pe hartă, se cuvine să o purtăm în suflete și astfel nimic nu va fi pierdut.
The author of the present volume aims to investigate the relationships between Romanians and nomadic Turkic groups (Pechenegs, Uzes, Cumans) in the southern half of Moldavia, north of the Danube Delta, between the tenth century and the great Mongol invasion of 1241-1242. The Carpathian-Danubian area particularly favoured the development of sedentary life, throughout the millennia, but, at various times, nomadic pastoralists of the steppes also found this area favourable to their own way of life. Due to the basic features of its landscape, the above-mentioned area, which includes a vast plain, became the main political stage of the Romanian ethnic space, a stage on which local communities had to cope with the pressures of successive intrusions of nomadic Turks, attracted by the rich pastures north of the Lower Danube. Contacts of the Romanians and of the Turkic nomads with Byzantium, Kievan Rus, Bulgaria and Hungary are also investigated. The conclusions of the volume are based on an analysis of both written sources (narrative, diplomatic, cartographic) and archaeological finds.
Toate sintezele de istorie a românilor, şi cele mai cuprinzătoare, şi cele mai modeste, realizate până acum, s-au limitat în fond la spaţiul românesc de la vest la Prut. Nu intrăm în dezbaterea motivelor care au afirmat o astfel de înţelegere a istoriei românilor, ştiut fiind faptul că ea a fost impusă, împotriva voinţei isoricilor români, de anumite situaţii şi orientări politice, potrivnice interesului nostru naţional. Dar timpurile care au impus astfel de atitudini au dispărut, ceea ce înseamnă că acum ne putem asuma sarcina de a scrie, în sfârşit, o istorie a tuturor românilor, mai ales şi în primul rând al celor care trăiesc în cele două state somâ...