Format:
1 Online-Ressource (285 Seiten)
Edition:
2023
ISBN:
9783657790388
Content:
This is the first monograph on the history of the Rudari people of Romania and the first mapping of their settlements. The Rudari are a population which has traditionally inhabited the Balkan area and much of Central Europe. Many of them do not know the Romani language but speak Romanian dialects and today make a living out of carving wooden household items, although their Slavic name alludes to mining. Indeed, the Rudari were for centuries gold-prospectors and gold-washers working for the Crown of Wallachia and were administrated as slaves by a monastery situated on the auriferous Olt river. The authors have reconstructed the fascinating history of this ethnic group for a period of 500 years until the 19th century when gold-panning went in decline due to the exhaustion of the reserves of alluvial gold.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783506790385
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783506790385
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9783506790385
Language:
English
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