Gheorghe Șincai și edițiile Hronicii Românilor
Gheorghe Șincai and the Editions of the Romanian’s Chronicle

Summary/Abstract: „Hronica românilor” is a work with a special destiny, published only after the death of its author. The editorial process was a sinuous one, lasting two centuries (the 19th century and the 20th century). Unlike other historical works, „Hronica” presents two characteristic aspects that complicated the editorial process: its large dimensions, with direct effects upon the editing costs, and the existence of several variants of the manuscript, resulting in a series of partial editions of the work. Our paper intends to clarify the following aspects that influenced the evolution in time of the editorial process: the existing manuscripts (their number and identity, also their localization and time route); the editorial debut of „Hronica românilor” and its evolution during the 19th and the 20th centuries, as editorial priority, depending on the historical, political and cultural context; the chronological presentation and the special characteristics of each edition. The coagulation of all information from monographs, correspondence, dedicated studies and editions permitted a coherent and, in our opinion, a necessary recovery of the publishing stages, from the first editing attempts until the most recent edition, in 1967, of „Hronica românilor”, a work that is an instrument representing the passing to the modern historical writing.

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