Nicolae Costin (1660–1712) was a

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centr ...

chronicler A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...

Works

Nicolae Costin was the

author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...

of several

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

writings dealing with the Principality of

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...

: * ''Ceasornicul domnilor'' * ''Cartea descălecatului de-ntâiu'' * ''Letopiseţul Ţării Moldovei de la zidirea lumii până la 1601'' * ''Cronica domniei lui Nicolae Mavrocordat (1709-1711)'' * ''Opere'' (Ed. Junimea, Iaşi, 1976) * ''Letopiseţul Ţării Moldovei de la zidirea lumii pînă la 1601 şi de la 1709 la 1711'' (Ed. Junimea, Iaşi, 1976) * ''Scrieri'' (Ed. Hyperion, Chişinău, 1990)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Costin, Nicolae 1660 births 1712 deaths Romanian nobility Early Modern Romanian writers Moldavian and Wallachian chroniclers 17th-century Romanian people 18th-century Romanian people