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Description of  Europe's Eastern Christian Frontier (Past Imperfect)

1641890797 pdf 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 frontierindeed, a bastion, a gate of Christianityin the face of the advancing Ottoman armies and Tatar forces. Moldavias leadersamong them Peter I Muat, Alexander I, and Stephen IIIestablished 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 Moldavias 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. Read more