LE „TRIPLEX CONFINIUM.” LE RÔLE DE LUIGI FERDINANDO MARSILI DANS L'ÉTABLISSEMENT DE LA FRONTIÈRE ENTRE LA MOLDAVIE, LA VALACHIE ET LA TRANSYLVANIE
The "Triplex Confinium". Marsili’s Role in Remapping after the Peace of Karlowitz

Summary/Abstract: At the paradigm shift between the 17-18th century, the new emerging type of “uomo universale” was different. First of all, he tried to decompose the universe again and recreate the divine order through reason. A count like Luigi Ferdinando Marsili is the embodiment of a new age of science, free from all ideological constraints. It is amazing to discover the domains of knowledge he embraced. Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658-1730) is one of the most prominent representatives of the 17-18th centuries polygraphs encyclopedists. During his life, he studied practically all fields of cartography, history, nations’ characterology, botany, mineralogy, heraldry, history, literature, lexicography, hydrobiology, art military and many others. He is a typical figure of the paradigm shift of the 17-18th centuries. Clenched by his passion for collecting, he tries to systematize the elements of the universe. By exploring the geographical, historical, biological, ethnographic, religious, botany and mineralogy of the Carpathian basin and the Balkans, Marsili actually served expansionist ambitions of the Habsburg Monarchy, while seeking to outline the opportunities for cooperation between the two great powers of the time (Habsburg Monarchy, the Ottoman Empire).

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