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Ancient History
  • Romanian archaelogy.Resource site for information regarding Romanian archaeological sites, maintained by the Institute for Cultural Memory.
  • Istoria Romanilor by Ioan Calafeteanu .A short presentation of Romanians' History.
  • Illustrated History of Romanians.
  • Brief History of Romania.
  • Historical Atlas.
  • Concise History of the Romanian People" From "History of the United Romanian Society"(1995, Nemoianu and Raica), pages 21-25.
  • Romania - Early History from Prehistory to the Eleventh Century.
  • Romanian history - Dr. Savescu. It focuses on ancient history and on the myths about this period from the history of Romanians.
  • Ancient History of Romanians.From the Orastie web-site. It argues for "Ancient Romanian history starting with early Indo-European tribes and later on developing in early European civilizations. Today's Romania is a direct descendent of those tribes "Getae" named by the Greeks and "Dacian" by Romans.
  • Dacia, by Ligiu Uiorean. Short history of Dacia kingdom. In Romanian
  • The Geto-Dacians.From A Traveller's Compendium of Romanian History, by Mihai Manea. http://www.rotravel.com/romania/history/index.htm.
  • Ancient History of Romania. From RomaniaByNet.
  • The Origins of the Rumanians by Andre Du Nay.
  • A Daco-Roman Legend, by A. Kosztin.Features a history of Transylvania and the growth of Christianity in the region, from its early beginnings to the sixteenth century.
  • Roman Dacia.From A Traveller's Compendium of Romanian History, by Mihai Manea. http://www.rotravel.com/romania/history/index.htm.
  • Romania's country history.It features basic facts and data.

    • Museums and historical exhibitions on Ancient History of Romanians

  • The National History Museum of Transylvania.It hosts a permanent exhibition, "Sensing History through Objects," which displays the main archaeological findings of the Bronze Age and the Roman period.
  • The Moldavian History Museum of the Palace of Culture, Iasi. It hosts valuable pieces as the mammoth skull belonging to the Middle Palaeolithic, ceramics and cult objects from Stone Age.
  • The Banat Museum, Timisoara.
    • Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age,Dacian and Daco-Roman period.(Romanian only)
  • The National Museum of History and Archaeology, Constanta.It mainly hosts archaeological findings from the Roman and post-Roman period.
    • Medieval History
  • Medieval Balkans History. Find histories and study resources for Medieval Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
  • Medieval Romania. Graphics intensive site profiles the histories of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania during the Middle Ages.
  • Short history of Medieval Romania.
  • Short Medieval History of Romania. From RomaniaByNet.
  • Romanian principalities.From A Traveller's Compendium of Romanian History, by Mihai Manea. http://www.rotravel.com/romania/history/index.htm.
  • Romanian Principalities in 15th-17the centuries.
  • The Vlach Connection and Further Reflections on Roman History.Examines the linguistic history of Romania and the medieval Vlach dialect for an overview of the decline of the Roman Empire in the Balkans.
  • History of Transylvanian Saxons.
  • A Daco-Roman Legend, by A. Kosztin.Features a history of Transylvania and the growth of Christianity in the region, from its early beginnings to the sixteenth century.
  • Introduction at the novel Lord of the Vampires by Jeanne Kalogridis (1997)by Elizabeth Miller.
  • Old Romanians printings.
  • Romanian documents at the Mount AthosFrom the exhibition, "Treasures of Mount Athos." It features the English summaries of seventeen medieval documents from the 17th century.

    • Museum exhibitions on medieval history. Medieval monuments. Medieval archaeological sites.

  • The National Museum of Transylvania, Cluj.The permanent exhibition "Sensing History Through Objects," the medieval part.
  • The Moldavian History Museum at the Palace of Culture, Iasi.
  • The History Museum, Brukenthal, Sibiu.Rich medieval collection. The edifice itself is a representative monument in Gothic style, built at the end of the 15th century.
  • Banat Museum, Timisoara, the Medieval section exhibition.
  • Probota monastery.Among the Painted Churches of Northern Moldavia, Probota Monastery has more than four centuries of history. Medieval architectural monument, included on the World Cultural and Natural Heritage List.
  • The Black Church, Brasov .A Gothic monument, the "Black Church" with a lenght of 89 m is the largest church between Viena and Constantinople.
  • Medieval monuments in Brasov.The site provides accounts of Romanian medieval history linked with the history of Brasov.
  • Romanian Medieval Art.Exhibition hosted by the National Museum of Art of Romania.
    Modern History
  • Short Modern History of Romania.From the site of Romania embassy in Oslo.
  • Modern History of Romania Concise account from RomaniaByNet site.
  • Istoria Romanilor by Ioan Calafeteanu. A short presentation of Romanians' History.
  • Nation building - Modern Ages.From A Traveller's Compendium of Romanian History, by Mihai Manea. http://www.rotravel.com/romania/history/index.htm.
  • Walachia and Moldova under the Russian Protectorate, 1711- 1859. From the Library of Congress, Country Studies.
  • The International Status of the Romanian Lands in 1848 by Barbara Jelavich. From The Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions.
  • National revival in Romania, 1848-1866 .From the Web site, Twenty-Five Lectures on Modern Balkan History (The Balkans in the Age of Nationalism): http://www.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/
  • Romanian military forces in the Modern Age. From the official website of the Romanian Ministry of National Defence.
  • Romania and Transylvania to the end of the World War I, 1861- 1919. From the Library of Congress, Country Studies.

    • Documents

  • Wallachia in 1657, written by Paul, Archdeacon of Aleppo. From Modern History Sourcebook.
  • The Romanian Principalities, 1818, by Adam Neale.From Modern History Sourcebook, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/
  • The Phanariots of Moldavia, 1809 , by Thomas Thorton. From Modern History Sourcebook, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/
  • The Court at Bucharest, 1819, by William MacMichael. From Modern History Sourcebook, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/
  • The Perils of Travel Through Moldavia, 1854, by Captain Spencer. From Modern History Sourcebook, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/
  • The Firman of Investiture of Prince Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as Prince of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, October 23, 1866. From Modern History Sourcebook, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/
    • Contemporary History
  • Concise history of contemporary Romania. From RomaniaByNet.
  • Concise contemporary history of Romania.
  • The 1918' Unification.In Romanian.
  • Greater Romania. From Democracy to Dictatorship.From A Traveller's Compendium of Romanian History, by Mihai Manea. http://www.rotravel.com/romania/history/index.htm.
  • Post World War II History of România.
  • Greater Romania to the end of World War II. From The Library of Congress, Countries Studies.
  • Postwar Romania, 1944-1985. From The Library of Congress, Countries Studies.
  • Contemporary History of Romania.From the Romania & Constitutional Monrachy site
  • The Communist Regime. From A Traveller's Compendium of Romanian History, by Mihai Manea. http://www.rotravel.com/romania/history/index.htm.
  • A Concise History of Romania, 1947-1990 , by Paul Blokker.
  • When and Why Romania Distanced Itself from the Warsaw Pact, by Raymond Garthoff.From Cold War History Project Library.
  • When Did the Cold War End?, by Thomas Blanton.From Cold War History Project Library
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    About the Romanian History Index

    [Red Arrow Image] The Romanian History Index is made of different pages which are always under construction. You will find Virtual Resources produced in Romania together with world-wide Resources if they are dealing with the history of Romania.
    [Red Arrow Image] The URL of this page is [http://www.iue.it/LIB/SISSCO/references/eur-romania.html].
    [Red Arrow Image] The Italian History Index is a joint project between Sisscoweb (The Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea Web Site), the European University Institute's Library and History & Civilisation Department .
    [Red Arrow Image] The Romanian History Index was created in October 1999 and became part of the WWW-VL History Network in 1999.

    About the WWW-VL and the WWW-VL History Network

    [Red Arrow Image] The World Wide Web Virtual Library is a collection of subject related Websites maintained by institutions throughout the world, each administering a different subject. The project is now managed by an independent committee made up of maintainers of various subject areas. For more information on the WWW-VL Main Project, go to [ http://vlib.org/AboutVL.html ] and for more information on the History Network Project, go to
    [ http://vlib.iue.it/history/about/about.html ]

    About the Maintainer

    [Red Arrow Image] The site is managed by Isabela Corduneanu [cordunea@datacomm.iue.it].
    Please direct your notices of new URL's or inoperative links to her here.

    [Red Arrow Image] Last updated the 14th of May, 2000.