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Christmas Traditions in Romania

Christmas Traditions in Romania

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December 24, 2024
In Romania, Christmas is rich with traditions and customs, many of which have been preserved over...
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Some Thoughts on Michael the Brave

Some Thoughts on Michael the Brave

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November 16, 2020
Looking back in time, the age of Michael the Brave seems to represent the “best of times” in the early modern history of the Romanian people. Michael’s defeat of the powerful Ottoman armies and his unification of the principalities served to inspire Romanian patriots  of later generations and in that way contributed to the founding of the modern Romanian state. Michael and his contemporaries were not, however, under the influence of any nationalist ideal. The act of unifying the three principalities was undertaken out of military necessity and the quest for political and economic power. Michael became prince of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia as three separate and distinct principalities. The idea of ruling over a unified Romanian nation-state was alien to Michael. Yet, in Michael the Brave, Romanian patriots, yearning for the establishment of a national state, found a legendary hero because his achievement marked the only time that their dream of uniting the Romanian lands had ever been achieved.
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Vlad III Dracula’s Relations with the Church

Vlad III Dracula’s Relations with the Church

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November 2, 2020
While there are few documents that shed light on Vlad III Dracula's relations with the Church,...
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Vasile Lupu – Prince of Moldavia

Vasile Lupu – Prince of Moldavia

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October 10, 2020
One of the most significant rulers of Moldavia during the seventeenth century, Vasile Lupu (1634-1653) was...
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Statement from the Center for Romanian Studies on Bessarabia

Statement from the Center for Romanian Studies on Bessarabia

It is the position of the Center for Romanian Studies that Bessarabia and Bucovina are a historically integral part of the Romanian lands. The very existence of a country called Moldova is a historical anomaly and the result of the globalist ideals of the West and...

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Vlad III Dracula – A Review by Dr. Chad Venters

Vlad III Dracula – A Review by Dr. Chad Venters

Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula is an outstanding work of scholarship that carefully sifts through the often-contradictory sources, and popular culture associated with the name Dracula, to give us a historical Vlad Dracula, not a legend....

Another Dracula Book?

Another Dracula Book?

I greatly thank my kind host for inviting me to speak about my book Dracula’s Mistress. It’s, in fact, a two books series – Dracula’s Mistress and book two, Dracula’s Prodigy. ( Both available on...

How Researching the Life of Dracula Changed My Life

How Researching the Life of Dracula Changed My Life

by Kyle B. Stiff There’s nothing quite so humbling as finding out that your knowledge of history is based on movies and television, especially when you live under the illusion of being informed… unlike those other people! I was forced to confront my own ignorance when...