Silviu Dragomir and the North Roman Balkan Research in the Context of Romania’s New Political Realities
Silviu Dragomir and the North Roman Balkan Research in the Context of Romania’s New Political Realities

Summary/Abstract: The survey shows the influence of politics in the research carried out by the historian Silviu Dragomir on the Roman origin of the population in the north of the Balkan Peninsula in the Middle Ages. At the beginning of the year 1956, only a few months after his release from the prison in Sighet, Silviu Dragomir presented the sketch of a paper on the northern Balkan Latin origin, a topic considered by most historians as being fundamental to pursue the process of formation of the Romanian people in the context of the new political reality. We have to notice that such a project approaching the issue of the Romanians south from Danube was possible considering the political and ideological changes in the country after Stalin’s death. The research on the history of the Romanians in north-western Balkan Peninsula led to establishing the role played by this population of Roman origin in the Middle Ages. At the beginning of the 20th century, the specialists were aware of the fact that investigating the history of the Romanians in the Balkans in the Middle Ages might provide a better understanding of the fate of the population north from Danube. Silviu Dragomir’s research represents a certain contribution to the history of the Romanians in north-western Balkan Peninsula validated by subsequent research. His work has provided and will still provide a thorough basis for new horizons through the information provided and his interpretations.

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