Europe's Eastern Christian Frontier
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2024
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New edition
ARC Humanities Press (Verlag)
978-1-64189-079-3 (ISBN)
ARC Humanities Press (Verlag)
978-1-64189-079-3 (ISBN)
This book addresses Christendom's eastern frontier, the principality of Moldavia: its political, economic, and cultural history from its formation in 1359 to the early sixteenth century.
Within the shifting political landscapes of Eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages, the principality of Moldavia (extending over today's northeastern third of Romania and the Republic of Moldova) emerged as an eastern Christian frontier—indeed, a bastion, a “gate of Christianity”—in the face of the advancing Ottoman armies and Tatar forces. Moldavia’s leaders—among them Peter I Mușat, Alexander I, and Stephen III—established political, military, and economic contacts in efforts to strengthen and protect their domain, and, by extension, the rest of Europe. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Moldavia under Stephen III also refashioned Byzantine traditions in a new context, thereby preserving and transforming the legacies of the former Byzantine Empire to the north of the Danube River. This book argues for Moldavia’s central role in the political, military, economic, and cultural spheres of Eastern Europe from the second half of the fourteenth century to the turn of the sixteenth century.
Within the shifting political landscapes of Eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages, the principality of Moldavia (extending over today's northeastern third of Romania and the Republic of Moldova) emerged as an eastern Christian frontier—indeed, a bastion, a “gate of Christianity”—in the face of the advancing Ottoman armies and Tatar forces. Moldavia’s leaders—among them Peter I Mușat, Alexander I, and Stephen III—established political, military, and economic contacts in efforts to strengthen and protect their domain, and, by extension, the rest of Europe. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Moldavia under Stephen III also refashioned Byzantine traditions in a new context, thereby preserving and transforming the legacies of the former Byzantine Empire to the north of the Danube River. This book argues for Moldavia’s central role in the political, military, economic, and cultural spheres of Eastern Europe from the second half of the fourteenth century to the turn of the sixteenth century.
Alice Isabella Sullivan, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Medieval Art and Architecture and Director of Graduate Studies at Tufts University, specializing in the artistic production of Eastern Europe and the Byzantine–Slavic cultural spheres.
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Formative Periods
Chapter 2. Diplomacy and Military Encounters
Chapter 3. Ideologies and Patronage
Coda
Timeline of Events
Moldavian Rulers
Further Reading
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.05.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Past Imperfect |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 Maps; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white; 9 Illustrations, color |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 114 x 178 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64189-079-7 / 1641890797 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64189-079-3 / 9781641890793 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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