Procesul de unificare a Principatelor Române şi primele sale provocări. 1866-1871
The process of unification of the Romanian Principalities and the first challenges. 1866-1871

Author(s): Liviu Brătescu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: separatism; Iasi; Moldova; union; political class;
Summary/Abstract: The political unification of the two Romanian Principalities achieved on d January 1859, followed by the administrative union which was to be achieved in the next three years, cause different reactions in Romanian society. The reproaches against the central government led indirectly by the Alexandru Ioan Cuza took, during the year 1866, the form of political movements that had as stated aim the separation of the two principalities. Thus, unification performed was presented as a bankrupt political process and deeply unfair against Iaşi and Moldova as a whole. How deeper was the form of protest which breaks out in Iasi in the spring of 1866 against the centralization process and wich will be the duration in time represents a primary objective of the present study. Our analysis covers the period 1866-1871, to see how the leaders involved in the process of unification succeed to relate at the requests of political leaders for who affiliation to a historical region imposes certain obligations. Another objective of our research is to find out how did the romanian political class to handle complaints and requests from the eastern part of the Milcov.

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