The Princely Patronage of Printing in Wallachia under Phanariot Rule

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Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

Daniela Lupu

Yayın yılı:

2025

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The Princely Patronage of Printing in Wallachia under Phanariot RuleOur paper analyzes the way in which the princely patronage over printing functioned in Wallachia during the rule of the Phanariot princes (1716-1821).In the early historiography of Romanian printing, the assumption was that the Phanariot princes were less interested in printing than the indigenous princes who ruled in Wallachia in the 17 th century.They were criticized for failing to set up printing presses and for leaving the printing of books to the metropolitans of Ungro-Wallachia.The Phanariots were also accused of having banned the Romanian language from their court and the schools of the Principality and for having supported the establishment of the Church monopoly on printing.1As research into the early printed Romanian books has progressed, it has become clear that most of these accusations were unfounded.It is true that the establishment of the Phanariot rule in the Principality of Wallachia brought about a change in the attitude of the princes towards their responsibilities in the domain of printing.The Phanariot princes were less involved than their predecessors in the establishment of printing presses and editing books, but they did not neglect printing.The way in which they supported printing was in some ways different from the past.We will show here how the princely patronage functioned in this period, and which printing presses and books the Phanariot princes helped to establish and publish.

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