RELAŢIILE MOLDO-POLONE DIN TIMPUL DOMNIEI LUI ŞTEFĂNIŢĂ VODĂ (1517-1527) ÎN ISTORIOGRAFIA POLONEZĂ CONTEMPORANĂ

Abstract

The relations between the Principality of Moldavia and the Kingdom of Poland within the chronological limits 1517-1527 are marked by bilateral political problems. The territorial issue and the evolution of the international political framework in South-Eastern Europe caused, after a short period of friendship, the deterioration of Moldovan-Polish political relations. Polish historians who showed a keen interest in analyzing the activity of prominent figures who influenced bilateral political relations have long avoided paying attention to Stefanita voda, his role being partially overshadowed by other Moldovan lords who captured the attention of Polish historiography. That aspect is due to the lack in the Polish historical environment of a comprehensive approach to Moldovan-Polish political relations. Lately, the personality of the lord has re-entered the attention of Polish historiography through the historian Patryk Koziel. This communication tends to determine the way in which Polish historians appreciate and treat the personality of the Moldavian lord, his Polish policy, and his role for the political evolution of Southeast Europe in the first half of the sixteenth century.