All Moldavian Eyes on Ottomans
All Moldavian Eyes on Ottomans

Perceptions and Representations at the End of the Fifteenth Century and the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century

Author(s): Teodora C. Artimon
Subject(s): Middle Ages
Published by: Central European University Press
Keywords: Middle ages;Moldavia;Ottoman Empire;
Summary/Abstract: The period in Moldavian history known today as the age of Stephen the Great (1457–1504) followed the tumultuous first half of the fifteenthcentury1 with an era of prosperity, economic growth, military success, andartistic and cultural development.2 The echoes of Stephen’s reign reverberatedlong afterward. In the sixteenth century, the Moldavian populationnot only remembered him for the stability that he brought Moldavia; it alsowidely hailed his achievements, particularly his military victories over theOttoman Empire.

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