Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789047428800
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2009
Content:
Preliminary Material /V. Spinei -- Introduction /V. Spinei -- Chapter One. The Environment And Its Relation To The Anthropic Element /V. Spinei -- Chapter Two. The Political History Of The Carpathian-Dniester Region And Of The Neighbouring Territories /V. Spinei -- Chapter Three. Contrasting Ways Of Life: Romanian Agriculturists And Turkic Pastoralists /V. Spinei -- Chapter Four. Contacts And Interactions Between Romanians And Turkic Nomads /V. Spinei -- Selected Bibliography /V. Spinei -- General Index /V. Spinei -- Author Index /V. Spinei.
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004175365
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004175369
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004175365
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004175365.i-482
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