LITERATURE AND CEREMONIAL.SCENES OF PRIVATE LIFE IN OLD ROMANIAN CULTURE
LITERATURE AND CEREMONIAL.SCENES OF PRIVATE LIFE IN OLD ROMANIAN CULTURE

Summary/Abstract: Literature and ceremonial. Scenes of private life in old Romanian culture. Considering that until now the only one known work dedicated to the ceremonial literature is "Condică ce are întru sîne obiceiuri vechi şi nouă a preaînălțaților domni", written in 1762 in Iasi, by chancellor Gheorgachi, it is necessary to observe how the ceremony entered the Romanian territory. This paper proposes showing the impact of certain scenes of private life in old Romanian culture, the relationship between privacy and the public, the idea of ceremonial at royal court, power, and all their importance for the history of mentalities and old Romanian literature. Since medieval times and especially the Byzantine era, the image of privacy and public life was defined by rules showing power in one form or another. It’s important to analyse the past, the royal court and the place that Romanian ruler was occupying with all his habits. Various original or translated texts reconstruct the image of an old Romanian world dedicated to power and ceremonies.

• Details
• Contents