Constantin Brâncoveanu' s library of Hurez in the light of 300 years from his death
Constantin Brâncoveanu' s library of Hurez in the light of 300 years from his death

Summary/Abstract: The libraries present in time in princely residences, boyars' houses, schools and monasteries have preserved undeniable written evidence about the intellectual preoccupations of the Romanian reigning princes. This is how the passion for books, passed on from generation to generation among the Cantacuzinos, materialized as well in the spiritual preoccupations of Constantin Brâncoveanu, who was brought up by his mother, Stanca Cantacuzino, the daughter of the postelnic (Chamberlain) Cantacuzino, and by his uncle, the stolnic (Seneschal) Constantin Cantacuzino. Thus, he will grow up and shape his personality in the residences of the Cantacuzinos of Filipesti (Mărgineni) and Bucharest, where he must have had at hand large and precious book collections coming from the European area. This explains the establishment of the Library of Hurez in the monastic settlement bearing the same name.

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