Carol I în istoriografia războiului de independență sub regimul Ceaușescu (1965-1989)
CAROL I IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: HISTORIOGRAPHY UNDER NICOLAE CEAUȘESCU’S REGIME (1965-1989)

Summary/Abstract: This study proposes the analysis of the evolution of Carol I’s image in the yet scarcely researched historiography of the War of Independence (1877-1878) under Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime, thus trying to offer new perspectives regarding censorship and communist propaganda referencing the monarchy. The article aims to provide a clear periodization of historians’ positions and implicitly that of the Communist Party in regards of the first king of the country, trying to show how his rehabilitation actually served the Party and the legitimization of communism in Romania’s history. In assuming the monarchy’s objective role, the Party managed to subordinate it to its interests, thus subtlety creating the idea that the communist regime was the only natural successor in the people’s struggle for progress, the monarchy having served its historical purpose once and for all.

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