Europe's Eastern Christian Frontier / / Alice Isabella Sullivan.
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 fac...
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Place / Publishing House: | Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2024] ©2024 |
Year of Publication: | 2024 |
Language: | Multiple |
Series: | Past Imperfect
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (133 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Formative Periods -- Chapter 2 Diplomacy and Military Encounters -- Chapter 3 Ideologies and Patronage -- Coda -- Timeline of Events -- Moldavian Rulers -- Further Reading |
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Summary: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781802701890 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781802701890?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Alice Isabella Sullivan. |