Pământul şi Ţara în Evul Mediu românesc (secolele XIII-XVI)

Ioan-Aurel Pop studies land and its owners in Romania’s Middle Ages. The book spans the 13th to the 16th century. It compares three regions: Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania. It links their past to that of Europe as a whole. It asks how land shaped wealth, law and social ties. It also asks how land shaped a sense of nation.

This history book is for those interested in Romania’s Middle Ages. Pop looks at the parts that make up an estate. He asks what rights women had to inherit. He studies those who owned land and those they ruled. He explores what Țara Românească means. He also looks at ties that the regions shared.

The study sees land as more than a source of food. It looks at the sacred worth Romanian culture gave land. Pop shares his own memories and disputes some views. This paperback is in Romanian. It forms part of Polirom’s Historia series.