Les alans et le commencement des états roumains
The Alans and the Beginning of the Romanian State

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the difficult problem of the linkage of Alans and the foundation of Romanian principalities, especially Moldavia. The author tries to collect all reliable facts, from linguistics, archaeology, topography and early chronicles, in order to obtain a relevant map of contacts. The question of an Alan county is strictly considered, and it is showed the importance of Tatar-Alan-Moldavian or Eţcu-Dragoş relationships in early 14th century. For the medieval Moldavia, the analysis show how important is to manage not only the autochthonous sources, but also the oriental ones – in this case the Mongol, Tartar and Alan history, Moldavia being in 13th-14th century a land of massive interference between Romanian and Oriental civilization, as proved by the Moldavian chroniclers.

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