Data regarding the decline of  some medieval cities and towns  in Wallachia Cover Image

Aspecte ale procesului de regres a unor târguri și orașe medievale din Țara Românească
Data regarding the decline of some medieval cities and towns in Wallachia

Author(s): Anca Păunescu
Subject(s): History
Published by: MUZEUL NAȚIONAL DE ISTORIE A ROMÂNIEI
Keywords: Involution; medieval market towns; medieval state; regress; Wallachia

Summary/Abstract: This investigation is proposed to moot a question rather debated by historians about the causes for the involution of some urban settlement from Wallachia. With the help of documentary informations is presented a short historical of those urban settlement which present this process of involution. We have the possibility to make approximately a typology for each way of this process. For the first category we have those market towns which are disppeared and the toponim is lost. For the second category we have those towns wich are become villages. For the third category we have towns which were deserted by inhabitants. All these instances of regress of urban development reflect the changes from political, economical, and social life of medieval state, Wallachia.

  • Issue Year: 1/2004
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 83-96
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian