AUTHOR: Claudiu NEAGOE OTTOMAN MERCENARIES IN THE ARMIES OF THE ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES, DURING THE XVITH – XVIIITH CENTURIES Danubius, XXIV, Galaţi, 2006, pp. 77-86. Abstract One of the negative consequences of the reinforcement of the Ottoman domination over the Romanian Principalities was the presence, in Bucharest and Iaşi, starting from the first half of the…

AUTHOR: Claudiu NEAGOE THE ROMANIAN UNITY DURING THE PHANARIOT CENTURY. MYTH OR HISTORICAL REALITY? Danubius, XXIII, Galaţi, 2005, pp. 73-80. Abstract One of the highly-debated issues of the historiography from the XXth century was the “unity of Romanians” along the centuries. Since the foundation of the Romanian medieval states (XIVth century) until the beginning of…

AUTHOR: Claudiu NEAGOE THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO TURN WALLACHIA INTO AN OTTOMAN PROVINCE: THE MEHMED BEY EPISODE (1522) Danubius, XXII, Galaţi, 2004, pp. 25-32. Abstract The fall of Belgrade under Ottoman rule, in 1521, was more and more threatening the fate of Wallachia; the Ottoman Empire seemed to be on the point of engulfing Wallachia….