Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian principalities during the middle ages

„Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian Principalities, during the Middle Ages” is probably one of the very few scientific articles about the geopolitical role of Jewish existence in Romanian territory during the last centuries. Few historians dared to deal with this topic, as it wa...

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Main Author: Silviu Costachie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bucharest 2007-11-01
Series:Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
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Online Access:http://humangeographies.org.ro/articles/11/9Costachie.pdf
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spelling doaj-10b22a497ef84174aaf8dd6ccbe61e962020-11-24T23:28:21ZengUniversity of BucharestHuman Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography1843-65872067-22842007-11-01118185Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian principalities during the middle agesSilviu Costachie0Department of Geography, Bucharest University, Bucharest, Romania„Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian Principalities, during the Middle Ages” is probably one of the very few scientific articles about the geopolitical role of Jewish existence in Romanian territory during the last centuries. Few historians dared to deal with this topic, as it was regarded a very delicate issue. The author is the only geographer that managed to show us some geopolitical aspects regarding the immense role of this ethnic group in the political, economical and social life of the Romanian people during the Middle Ages. Based on various sources of information, and expressing all the facts from a geographical point of view, the author offers us an analytic study of the geopolitical role of Jews who had settled in Romanian territory between XIVth and XVIIIth centuries. Interesting facts are revealed regarding the way Romanian ‘voivodes’ came to the throne and the help they received from the Jews.http://humangeographies.org.ro/articles/11/9Costachie.pdfJewsgeopoliticsintermediarytradeOttoman Empire
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Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian principalities during the middle ages
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
Jews
geopolitics
intermediary
trade
Ottoman Empire
author_facet Silviu Costachie
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title Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian principalities during the middle ages
title_short Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian principalities during the middle ages
title_full Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian principalities during the middle ages
title_fullStr Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian principalities during the middle ages
title_full_unstemmed Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian principalities during the middle ages
title_sort geopolitical aspects of jewish presence in the romanian principalities during the middle ages
publisher University of Bucharest
series Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
issn 1843-6587
2067-2284
publishDate 2007-11-01
description „Geopolitical aspects of Jewish presence in the Romanian Principalities, during the Middle Ages” is probably one of the very few scientific articles about the geopolitical role of Jewish existence in Romanian territory during the last centuries. Few historians dared to deal with this topic, as it was regarded a very delicate issue. The author is the only geographer that managed to show us some geopolitical aspects regarding the immense role of this ethnic group in the political, economical and social life of the Romanian people during the Middle Ages. Based on various sources of information, and expressing all the facts from a geographical point of view, the author offers us an analytic study of the geopolitical role of Jews who had settled in Romanian territory between XIVth and XVIIIth centuries. Interesting facts are revealed regarding the way Romanian ‘voivodes’ came to the throne and the help they received from the Jews.
topic Jews
geopolitics
intermediary
trade
Ottoman Empire
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