MILITARY ART AND STRATEGY IN MOLDAVIA UNDER PETRU RAREȘ
MILITARY ART AND STRATEGY IN MOLDAVIA UNDER PETRU RAREȘ

Author(s): Ionuț-Iulian CĂLUGĂRU
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Military history, Political history, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: military art; Petru Rareș; military art; Moldova; artillery;
Summary/Abstract: The common understanding often provides us with the familiar structure, "history repeats itself," which prompts a broader analysis when actions are considered necessary. This perspective primarily encourages us to be guided by the lessons learned from past events. The Middle Ages is, according to some authors, one of the darkest periods of human history and, according to other historiographical perspectives, merely a period like any other, where events unfolded in line with the societal development of the time. In the present study, we will analyze a brief segment of the Middle Ages, focusing on sixteenth-century Moldova and, more specifically, the reign of the Romanian voivode Petru Rareș. The main emphasis of this work will center on the military aspects of his reign, and, as indicated by the title, a significant portion of the discussion will be devoted to the art of war during this period. Historical analysis will serve as one of the primary research methods employed in this study, with bibliographical analysis of contemporary documents playing a key role in ensuring accurate terminological classification.

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