Miron Costin (March 30, 1633 – 1691) was a

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) political figure and

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. His main work, ''Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei

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' (''The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia

Aron Vodă Aaron the Tyrant ( ro, Aron Tiranul) or Aron Vodă ("Aron the Voivode"; Church Slavonic: Apѡн вода), sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron (german: Aaron Waida, it, Aaron Vaivoda, tr, ArvanMaxim (1994), p. 23 or ''Zalim'';Koh ...

]'') was meant to extend Grigore Ureche's narrative,Miron Costin: Grausame Zeiten in der Moldau Styria 1980 Graz/Vienna/cologne https://www.amazon.de/dp/B002975CP0 covering events from 1594 to 1660. The Chronicles were first published in 1675. He also wrote ''Istoria în versuri polone despre Ţara Moldovei şi Munteniei'' (''

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verse history of Moldavia and

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''), also known under the title ''Poema polonă'' (''The Polish poem'').

Life

Miron Costin was born as the son of a rich Moldavian

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(''Ion'' or ''Iancu''). He spent his earliest years in

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, where his family had taken refuge from Ottoman violence in Moldavia. His father had become a Polish

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, which gave Miron the right to study at the

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College in

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, then at Kamienec Podolski. He returned to Moldavia in 1653, and became a trainee of the country's

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. Valued by the administration, he rose quickly, becoming ''

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'' in 1669 (i.e.: overseer of the Court, with several political responsibilities both inside the state and abroad). In 1691 his relation with

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Constantin Cantemir Constantin or Constantine Cantemir (1612–1693) was a Moldavian nobleman, soldier, and statesman who served as voivode between 25 June 1685 and 27 March 1693. He established the Cantemir dynasty which—with interruptions—ruled Moldavia prior ...

deteriorated. He and his brother (''

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'' Velicico) were believed to have tried to usurp the throne in Iaşi: both were executed in

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Works

* ''Viiaţa lumii'' 1672 * The translation of ''Origines et occasus Transsylvanorum'' (

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, 1667) by Laurențiu Toppeltin of

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* ''Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei de la Aron Vodă încoace'' 167
German translation
* ''Chronika ziem Moldawskich y Multanskich'' ('' Cronica țărilor Moldovei și Munteniei)'' (in Polish) * ''Istoria în versuri polone despre Ţara Moldovei şi Munteniei'' (''Poema polonă'') 1684 * ''De neamul moldovenilor'' approx. 1687

External links

* Miron Costin: Grausame Zeiten in der Moldau, Styria 1980 Graz&Vienna&Cologn
Link

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Costin, Miron Romanian nobility Moldavian and Wallachian chroniclers Early Modern Romanian writers 1633 births 1691 deaths 17th-century Romanian people Romanian writers in Polish