Remus Tanasă, “Apostolul naţiunii”: Mazzini şi naşterea României moderne
Remus Tanasă, “The apostle of the nation”: Mazzini and the birth of modern Romania

Summary/Abstract: Book review. The book of Remus Tanasă, the young historian from Iași, is based on his doctoral thesis The Influence of Mazzinian Ideas in the Romanian Space. It appears in this form at the prestigious Humanitas publishing house seven years after the public defence of the doctoral thesis. Reduced in size, due to the specifics and conditions imposed by the publishing house, the work is appealing to the general public due to the pleasant style and accessible language even to non-specialists. Specialists and professional historians probably would have been satisfied with a more scientific, rigorous version of the research on this subject that still arouses a special interest. Bringing back to the forefront a remarkable personality – Giuseppe Mazzini – through his actions and positions in the 19th century towards the problem of small nations, his connections and attitude towards the "Romanian cause", represents a commendable action, first and foremost for the author.

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