IANCU FLONDOR, UN ARHEU JIGNIT
Iancu Flondor, an Offended Archaeus
Author(s): Ion FilipciucSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Bukovina's annexation; Moldavian voivode execution; vassalage; loyalism; revolution; troops into Bukovina; Major Anton Ionescu; Lieutenant Ilie Lazar; General Jacob Zadik; Iancu Flondor;
Summary/Abstract: The following article proposes a suggestive paradigm of the events that took place in Bukovina from its annexation in the spring of 1775 until its union with the Kingdom of Romania in the autumn of 1918. The author uses several documentary passages signed by Nicolae Iorga, Sextil Puşcariu, Ion Nistor, D. Marmeliuc, Sever Zotta and Iancu Flondor, attempting to show a significant connection between the decapitation of the Moldavian voivode Grigore Ghica III, in October 1777, by the Turks, and the removal of Iancu Flondor, in April 1919, by his opponents from the political scene of Bukovina after the union. The lines about Archaeus (aka the vital force of the universe) from a manuscript written by Mihai Eminescu are invoked to prove a constant in the Romanian history: the sacrifice of those who have dedicated their thoughts and deeds to the fulfilment of the ideal of truth, freedom and welfare in the life of the Romanian people.
Journal: ANALELE BUCOVINEI
- Issue Year: 53/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 551-570
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Romanian