Istoria Banatului reflectată în opera lui Damaschin Bojincă
The History of Banat, Reflected in the Work of Damaschin Bojincă

Summary/Abstract: The year when Damaschin Bojincă was born has been disputed: 1801, 1802, 1803, or even 1804. In an article published in ‘Reflex‘ magazine (issue 10, October 2001, Reşiţa), G. Chiriac sustained with credible arguments that he was born in the village of Gârlişte (Caraş-Severin county) in 1801. He was a Romanian jurist, historian, publicist, and politician. Damaschin Bojincă began his studies in Oraviţa, then attended the Piarist Secondary School in Timişoara (1820-1821). He studied Philosophy at Szeged (1822-1823), the Law School in Oradea (1824-1826), and Pesta (1829). After that, until 1833, he worked as a lawyer in Pesta and, at the same time, as a publicist; he was a contributor to ‘The Romanian library or collections of many useful things‘, edited by Zaharia Carcalechi, and ‘Calendar for the flourishing and advancement of Romanian literature‘ published by Ştefan P. Neagoe in Buda. In April 1833, he moved to Iaşi at the invitation of Gheorghe Asachi. There he functioned as the solicitor of Moldavia (1833-1860), rector of the Theological Seminary „Veniamin Costache” of Socola (in 1834 and 1840), Roman Law professor, civil general and civilian of Moldavia at the Mihăileanu Academy (1842-1847), chief-butler and cupbearer (1835), ban (1841), police prefect (1848), minister of Justice in the first Kogălniceanu government (1860-1861), under the reign of Alexander John Cuza. After resigning from the cabinet, Kogălniceanu (in 1861), he retired. Among other things, he fought to defend the national character of the Moldavian school, defending the theses of the Latin school regarding the origin and development of the Romanian people. Only on December 30, 1848, after 15 years of service to Moldova, did he receive his citizenship diploma. He died on 17 August 1869 in the village of Dumbrăveni, Botoşani county. His main work is the work ‘Romanian Antiquities‘, published in Buda in 1832-1833. He also published in ‘Gazeta de Transilvania‘ and other magazines, mainly literary writings and translations.

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