Valea Trotuşului şi Pasul Oituz - frontiere medievale ale Moldovei în secolele XIV-XV

  • Dascălu Florin Institutul de Istorie „Nicolae Iorga”, București
Keywords: border, Moldavia, Hungary, Transylvania, Trotus Valley, Oituz

Abstract

This paper takes up an old and complex matter: the economic and strategic role played by the Valley of Trotus River and by Oituz Pass in the history of the area eastwards of the Carpathian Mountains in the 14th and 15th centuries. Until the integration of the area in the new state of Moldavia, Trotus Valley and Oituz Pass represented the border between the Hungarian Kingdom and various migrant populations eastwards of the Carpathians. The author uses the available documents, analyses the local toponyms and exploits archaeological data in order to prove the presence in the area of numerous political forces fighting for supremacy in this strategic region. The Moldavian rulers were forced by geopolitical realities to fight both the Hungarian Kingdom (for the control of the Oituz Pass) and Wallachia (to be able to occupy the area south of the Trotus River).

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Published
2015-06-09
How to Cite
Florin, D. (2015). Valea Trotuşului şi Pasul Oituz - frontiere medievale ale Moldovei în secolele XIV-XV. The Annals of "Dunarea De Jos" University of Galati. Fascicle XIX, History, 14, 5-28. Retrieved from https://www.gup.ugal.ro/ugaljournals/index.php/history/article/view/3292
Section
ISTORIE MEDIEVALĂ