The Romanians and the Turkic Nomads North of the Danube Delta from the Tenth to the Mid-Thirteenth Century

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The Romanians and the Turkic Nomads North of the Danube Delta from the Tenth to the Mid-Thirteenth Century

BRILL, Leiden (The Netherlands) 2009

Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, Vol. 6


The author of the present volume aims to investigate the relationships between Romanians and nomadic Turkic groups (Pechenegs, Uzes, Cumans) in the southern half of Moldavia, north of the Danube Delta, between the tenth century and the great Mongol invasion of 1241-1242. The Carpathian-Danubian area particularly favoured the development of sedentary life, throughout the millennia, but, at various times, nomadic pastoralists of the steppes also found this area favourable to their own way of life. Due to the basic features of its landscape, the above-mentioned area, which includes a vast plain, became the main political stage of the Romanian ethnic space, a stage on which local communities had to cope with the pressures of successive intrusions of nomadic Turks, attracted by the rich pastures north of the Lower Danube.


Table of contents

List of illustrations
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The environment and its relation to the anthropic element
2. The political history of the Carpathian-Dniester region and of the neighbouring territories
3. Contrasting ways of life: Romanian agriculturists and Turkic pastoralists
Linguistic and ethnic aspects
Demographic aspects
Settlements and Life style
Dwellings and their annexes
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry
Crafts
Trade
The social and political life
Religious life
Burial assemblages
Art
4. Contacts and interactions between Romanians and Turkic nomads
Selected bibliography
Index (Catalin Hriban)
General index
Authors index
Illustration section
Sources of illustrations
Illustrations


A cura di Giulia Tarquini