Miron Costin
Illustration — Miron Costin Miron Costin (March 30, 1633 – 1691) was a political figure and chronicler from Moldavia. His main work, Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei [de la Aron Vodă încoace] (The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia [from the rule of Aron Vodă]) was meant to extend Grigore Ureche's narrative, covering events from 1594 to 1660. The Chronicles were first published in 1675.
Also recorded as boier Miron Costin, palatine of Moldavia, renowned chronicler
Miron Costin
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- 1633 · Principality of Moldavia.
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- Principality of Moldavia · Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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- politician · historian · writer · poet · chronicler
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- Romanian · Old Church Slavonic · Latin
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Illustration — Miron Costin Miron Costin (March 30, 1633 – 1691) was a political figure and chronicler from Moldavia. His main work, Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei [de la Aron Vodă încoace] (The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia [from the rule of Aron Vodă]) was meant to extend Grigore Ureche's narrative, covering events from 1594 to 1660. The Chronicles were first published in 1675.
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He also wrote Istoria în versuri polone despre Ţara Moldovei şi Munteniei (Polish verse history of Moldavia and Wallachia), also known under the title Poema polonă (The Polish poem).
Miron Costin was born as the son of a rich Moldavian boyar (Ion or Iancu). He spent his earliest years in Poland, where his family had taken refuge from Ottoman violence in Moldavia. His father had become a Polish magnate, which gave Miron the right to study at the Jesuit College in Bar, then at Kamienec Podolski. He returned to Moldavia in 1653, and became a trainee of the country's treasury. Valued by the administration, he rose quickly, becoming Vornic in 1669 (i.e.: overseer of the Court, with several political responsibilities both inside the state and abroad). In 1691 his relation with Prince Constantin Cantemir deteriorated. He and his brother (Hatman Velicico) were believed to have tried to usurp the throne in Iaşi: both were executed in Roman.
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• Viiaţa lumii 1672 • The translation of Origines et occasus Transsylvanorum (Lyon, 1667) by Laurențiu Toppeltin of Mediaș • Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei de la Aron Vodă încoace 1675 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
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Miron Costin · digibuc.ro: Albina: Revistă enciclopedică populară, 02, nr. 21, 21 februarie 1899
Pagină de început a capitolului 18 din lucrarea lui Miron Costin. Pagina este scrisă în româno-chirilică, formă de a scrie ce astăzi nu se mai folosește, dar care se mai poate observa în vechile biserici ortodoxe din România.
Miron Costin · Letopisețul Țărîi Moldovei de la Aaron Vodă încoace
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- 1.Costin, Miron - Enciclopedia. Treccani.
- 2.Miron Costin Romanian author Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica.
- 3.Miron Costin: Grausame Zeiten in der Moldau, éd. Styria Graz/Vienne/Cologne 1980
- 4.Andreia Roman, Literatura română (« Littérature roumaine ») tome I, De la începuturi la 1848 (« Des origines à 1848 »), p. 111, éd. Non Lieu, Paris 2010,
- 5.Nicolae Iorga, Histoire des Roumains et de la romanité orientale, Université de Bucarest, 1945.
- 6.Mircea Goga, Une île de latinité, , Paris, 2006, Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne
- 7.George Călinescu, Istoria literaturii române de la origini până în prezent, Bucarest, Minerva, 1982.
- 8.Catalogue SUDOC. abes.fr.
- 9.Catalogue SUDOC. abes.fr.
- 10.Catalogue SUDOC. abes.fr.
- 11.Catalogue SUDOC. abes.fr.
- 12.George Călinescu, Istoria literaturii române de la origini până în prezent, p.17-21, Bucarest, Minerva, 1982.
- 13.Catalogue SUDOC. abes.fr.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Catalogue SUDOC. abes.fr.
- Catalogue SUDOC. abes.fr.
- George Călinescu , Istoria literaturii române de la origini și pînă în prezent George Călinescu, Istoria literaturii române de la origini până în prezent, p.17-21, Bucarest, Minerva, 1982.
- Catalogue SUDOC. abes.fr.
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