AFTER THE BATTLE OF KAHLENBERG. THE ROMANIANS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN POLICY (1683 - 1684)
AFTER THE BATTLE OF KAHLENBERG. THE ROMANIANS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN POLICY (1683 - 1684)

Summary/Abstract: In 17th century, Vienna, Warsaw and Moscow represented the fundamental nuclei of Central and Eastern Europe, around which defensive and offensive political systems were created, and, sometimes, certain agreements were reached to, such as the one that generated the foundation of the Holy League. The battle for Vienna had a general political implication; the detachments of the Romanian Countries also fought in this battle. All that followed until January 1699, at Karlowitz, only proved that, in the middle Danube area, unique events were taking place. The Ottoman Empire was gradually losing half of its European territories, and it was heading towards an imminent collapse. The present study starts with revealing the Habsburgs’ attempts of luring Şerban Cantacuzino into the organization of an anti-Ottoman crusade and into the Polish campaign in right side of Dnieper’s Ukraine; these attempts also determined the re-establishing of Ştefan Petriceicu on Moldavia’s throne, but only for a short period. Further, we describe the relations between the everlasting ruler and Poland, as well as his orientation towards Moscow’s Tsars. The negotiations of the Christian forces, which determined the foundation of the Holy League, receive a special attention in our analysis; furthermore, there are presented Austria’s and Poland’s claims to the Romanian territories, which, they said, were based on “historical rights”, the Polish military campaign and the Romanian rulers’ actions of maintaining the balance between the Ottomans and the Christians, in 1684.

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