Medievalists.net » Wallachia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Impalings of Vlad the Impaler http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/11/impalings-vlad-impaler/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/11/impalings-vlad-impaler/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2015 01:41:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55389 One of the most infamous chararacters from the Middle Ages was Vlad III Dracula, the prince of Wallachia. Here is the story of how he gained the name of 'the Impaler'.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/11/impalings-vlad-impaler/feed/ 0 The Romanian Countries in the Middle Ages: between Byzantium and the West http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/the-romanian-countries-in-the-middle-ages-between-byzantium-and-the-west/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/the-romanian-countries-in-the-middle-ages-between-byzantium-and-the-west/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:17:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44802 The 14th century represents an exceptional period for the Romanian Principalities. This time witnessed the creation of the medieval Romanian state with its two representatives: Walachia (situated to the south of the Carpathians) and, to the east, Moldavia.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/the-romanian-countries-in-the-middle-ages-between-byzantium-and-the-west/feed/ 0 Delivering stability: Primogeniture and autocratic survival in European monarchies 1000-1800 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:14:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40138 Although the dominating position of primogeniture at the end of the period might seem natural given primogeniture's many advantages for the monarch and the ruling elite it was first rather late in history that the principle came to dominate Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/feed/ 0 Transylvania in Hungarian History: An Introduction http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/transylvania-in-hungarian-history-an-introduction/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/transylvania-in-hungarian-history-an-introduction/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:58:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32365 From their Balkan homeland the Vlachs began their migrations north in the thirteenth century, migrations that were accelerated no doubt by the beginning of Ottoman Turkish expansion into the Balkans.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/transylvania-in-hungarian-history-an-introduction/feed/ 0 The Uses of Pragmatic Literacy in the Medieval Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (from the State Foundation to the End of the Sixteenth Century) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/20/the-uses-of-pragmatic-literacy-in-the-medieval-principalities-of-moldavia-and-wallachia-from-the-state-foundation-to-the-end-of-the-sixteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/20/the-uses-of-pragmatic-literacy-in-the-medieval-principalities-of-moldavia-and-wallachia-from-the-state-foundation-to-the-end-of-the-sixteenth-century/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 19:15:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31964 The aim of my thesis is to reveal and understand processes behind the appearance and dissemination of literacy in the medieval principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. I will focus on the social and cultural factors that contributed to the adoption and use of writing from the appearance of the state until the end of the sixteenth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/20/the-uses-of-pragmatic-literacy-in-the-medieval-principalities-of-moldavia-and-wallachia-from-the-state-foundation-to-the-end-of-the-sixteenth-century/feed/ 0 Vlad Dracula and Coeval Armatura http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/30/vlad-dracula-and-coeval-armatura/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/30/vlad-dracula-and-coeval-armatura/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:47:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26790 The famous/infamous European hero, crusader and voivod, Vlad “Tepes” Dracula III (1431-1476), was actually (for better or for worse) one of knightly peers of European Chivalry.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/30/vlad-dracula-and-coeval-armatura/feed/ 0 The relationships between the State and the Church in the Romanian Countries (14th-18th centuries) http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/02/the-relationships-between-the-state-and-the-church-in-the-romanian-countries-14th-18th-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/02/the-relationships-between-the-state-and-the-church-in-the-romanian-countries-14th-18th-centuries/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:14:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26069 The relationships between the State and the Church in the Romanian Countries (14th-18th centuries) Flaut, Daniel Revista Romana de Studii Eurasiatice, Vol.4 (2008) Abstract History shows that, in setting up its organization, the Christian Church has always taken into consideration the historical context. In the Romanian Countries, as with other Orthodox peoples, “there was a strong […]

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