Mircea the Great | Martyria

Studia Theologica No. I (I) / 2016 The Lives of the Holy Monks Daniil and Misail of Turnu Hieromonk Antim Motorga, Rev. Dr. Ștefan Zară

This article presents the hermit traditions of the Cozia Mountains and the lives of the Holy Monks Daniil the Hermit and Misail the Nacealnic, who lived as ascetics in caves beneath the Cozia cliff in the 17th century. A disciple of Daniil, Misail founded the Hermitage of Daniil and Misail, and their relics were laid in the foundations of the church built by Bishop Varlaam of Râmnic in 1676.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (I) / 2016 LETTER III. Archaic Patterns of Conflict (I) Nae Georgescu

D. Caracostea’s study analyses the literary and historical sources of Eminescu’s ‘Letter III’, examining the influences of Aeschylus, Herodotus and the manuscript translation from Coșula Monastery on the poetic structure of the dialogue between Mircea and Bayezid. Using a comparative approach, the author demonstrates that the poem’s organic vision synthesises ancient models and medieval Romanian chronicles, going beyond a mere borrowing of text.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (I) / 2016 Mircea the Great. In the run-up to a commemoration Dan Zamfirescu

The article calls for the restoration of the historical image of Mircea the Great ahead of the January 2018 commemoration marking six centuries since his death, refuting the argument put forward in the article by Marius Diaconescu published in the journal Historia. It traces the stages of the historiographical debate concerning the voivode’s epithet, from Dimitre Onciul to recent efforts to canonise the founder of Cozia.

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