Imagined and Real Bandits. Robbers and Hajduks in the Travel Literature of the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries concerning the Romanian Countries
Imagined and Real Bandits. Robbers and Hajduks in the Travel Literature of the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries concerning the Romanian Countries

Summary/Abstract: The foreign travelers who visited or went through the Romanian countries in the 18th and 19th centuries have always been concerned about their safe passage. The fear of being robbed was among the most frequently expressed worries since their life was on the line. Nevertheless, being conscious that their travel notes might find an audience in the West, these travelers do not hesitate to spice up their accounts with bandit tales that satisfy the literary taste of the era. Robbers stand therefore, in these travel notes, at the borderline between fabulation and reality, being both a sort of expectation and a terrifying prospect at the same time.

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