Tiranul moldovean între gândirea renascentistă și dominația otomană. Revolta boierilor din 1523

Abstract

: The Moldavian tyrant between thought and Ottoman domination. Boyars’ revolt of 1523 . Studies dedicated to tyranny are few for Romanian Principalities and they are based especially on narrative sources which describe the bad government. On considers that tyranny was adopted in political vocabulary of Romanian elite on the middle of 17 th century from Western political thought. An episode from the first half of the 16 th century was completely ignored, being labeled as a simple struggle for power. In 1523, Stephan the Young ordered the execution of his main counselor, Luca Arbure, an event which provoked a revolt of Moldavian boyars. Seeking refuge in Poland, Hungary, and Wallachia the Moldavian boyars attempted enthroning a new voivode, but in the battle of Roman Stephan the Young defeated boyars’ army. Our article focused on confronta-tion between Moldavian voievode and his counselors, Stephan the Young being accused of tyranny by his boyars. As a consequence, the Moldavian issue became a topic of debate at the international congresses of Wiener Neustadt and Bratislava. There, the refugee boyars presented their accusations and an emissary of prince defended his master and explained the reason of his actions. Following these discussions we get a new image of the conflict, including the influence of Re-naissance thought and Ottoman threat on political rhetoric and making decision.