Michał Wasiucionek, Înalta Poartă şi Ţările Române. Rivalităţi şi alianţe în secolul al XVII-lea [The Sublime Porte and the Romanian Principalities. Rivalries and Alliances in the 17th Century], transl. Lia Decei (București: Humanitas, 2024), 360 pages

Abstract

Michal Wasiucionek’s book Țările Române și Înalta Poartă în secolul XVII, Rivalități și alianțe în secolul al XVII-lea succeeds in reinterpreting the political dynamics in Eastern and Southeastern Europe between the 17^th and 18^th centuries from a new perspective. The author discusses the power relations between elites and the way in which they transcend aspects such as territory, ethnicity, religion, family, or state entities. The author is a researcher at the “Nicolae Iorga” Institute of History of the Romanian Academy and his work focuses on network theory, patronage and clientelism, and peripheral communities in Southeastern Europe in the 17^th century. His research interests include the history of the Ottoman Empire, the Romanian Principalities, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The present work is a translation into Romanian of The Ottomans and Eastern Europe; Borders and Political Patronage in Early Modern World. It is structured in two parts, Mechanics of Cross-Border Patronage and Factional Macro-Politics, preceded by an introduction that provides political and historical contextualization.