In the Footsteps of Stephen the Great: Ieremia Movilă in Search of a Connection with the King of Poland (1591–1603) Cover Image
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În tradiția lui Ștefan cel Mare: Ieremia Movilă în căutarea unei legături cu regele Poloniei (1591–1603)
In the Footsteps of Stephen the Great: Ieremia Movilă in Search of a Connection with the King of Poland (1591–1603)

Author(s): Cristian Bobicescu Antim
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Centrul de cercetare şi documentare ŞTEFAN CEL MARE
Keywords: Ieremia Movilă; Sigismund III; Jan Zamoyski; vassal; patronage;

Summary/Abstract: The hospodar of Moldavia, Ieremia Movilă (1595−1606) tried from the beginning of his reign to approach the King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sigismund III. In a first stage, ignored by the latter, he appealed to the mediation of Chancellor Jan Zamoyski to get in touch with the King. This fact must be considered as the result of several factors: on the one hand the hospodar of Moldavia, as a Polish nobleman, was the subject of the monarch, secondly he was his vassal, and no less important, he sought in Sigismund III a counterbalance to Jan Zamoyski’s politics towards him and Moldavia. Equally, the relationship with the King was important for the hospodar from the perspective of the diplomatic and military protection that “the King and the Republic” exercised over him and the country.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-160
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian