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Miron Costin (March 30, 1633 – 1691) 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 ...
n (
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) political figure and chronicler. His main work, ''Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei e la Aron Vodă încoace' (''The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia Aron_Vodă.html" ;"title="Aron_Tiranul.html" ;"title="rom the rule of Aron Tiranul">Aron Vodă">Aron_Tiranul.html" ;"title="rom the rule of Aron Tiranul">Aron Vodă') 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'' ('' Polish verse history of Moldavia and
Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and s ...
''), 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
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, 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
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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 ''
Vornic Vornic was a historical rank for an official in charge of justice and internal affairs. He was overseeing the Royal Court. It originated in the Slovak '' nádvorník''. In the 16th century in Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literall ...
'' 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 ('' Hatman'' 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
Mediaș Mediaș (; german: Mediasch, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Medwesch''/''Medveš'', hu, Medgyes) is the second largest town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. Geographic location Mediaș is located in the middle basin of Târnava Mare River, ...
* ''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