Domnul între ideal şi real. Reprezentările cronicarilor despre domnii Ţării Moldovei (mijlocul sec. XVII - mijlocul sec. XVIII)

• Published in: Tyragetia Vol. III; no. 2; pp. 31 - 38
• Main Author: Felea, Alina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Romanian
• Published: National Museum of History of Moldova 2009; Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a Moldovei
• Subjects: History; voivode; medieval chroniclers; Moldavia
• ISSN: 1857-0240; 2537-6330

The period between the middle of 17th and the middle of 18th Centuries finds Tara Moldova at the moment when the humanist elite begins to show a nation consciousness, which is a reflex of a non medieval conception. One of the problems to be solved by that time was the one of an ideal Voivode for Tara Moldova, who would create a society of wellbeing through an uncommonly perfect system. The problem was already widely discussed throughout Europe, where problems of political tyranny, relations between princes and subjects, high morality of princes were debated upon and were consequently reflected on Tara Moldova. The final conclusion is: in the period between the middle of 17th - the middle of 18th century although the byzantine political legacy is maintained, the chroniclers and other contemporary men of that time have been seeking a prince who would contribute to the prosperity and the stability of the country. Noticing some tyrannical, active and inactive reigns, they tried in different ways the framing into the lit up spiritual configuration of Europe:– A specific feature of prince image was his sacralisation, not specifically in person but in the position as a bearer of supreme power of the country, the fact that still wasn’t an obstacle for the nobility to plot against princes;– The prince’s power had some limits which the chroniclers as officials of the nobility group attempted to limit by indicating some rules and manners of behaviour, obligations and responsibilities towards the society in general, and towards some social strata in particular.