THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL THINKING IN THE PERIOD 1821-1829
THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL THINKING IN THE PERIOD 1821-1829

Summary/Abstract: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY WAS GOING THROUGH A PERIOD MARKED BY PROFOUND CHANGES. HOWEVER, THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ROMANIAN MODERNIZATION ARE EXTREMELY COMPLEX. SOME CHANGES BEGAN TO BE FELT SINCE THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, WITH THE WEAKENING OF THE PHANARIOT RULERS AS KNOWN IN ROMANIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY THE PERIOD THAT LASTS BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT, MORE PRECISELY THE PERIOD 1711- 1821. THE INNOVATIONS CONCERNED NOT ONLY POLITICAL BUT ALSO CULTURAL ASPECTS. ROMANIAN POLITICAL THINKING IN ITS EARLY FORMS WAS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE ENLIGHTENMENT THAT ENCOMPASSED THE WHOLE OF EUROPE.

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