Between the Spiritual Connection and the Economic Interests – on the Relations of Arbanassi with Wallachia

Gergana Georgieva ()
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Gergana Georgieva: ‘St Cyril and St Methodius’ University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, 2022, vol. 7, 253-263

Abstract: How does the common Balkan history develop? What divides and connects the Balkan peoples? Tracking cultural, religious, and economic relations between the Wallachian and the Bulgarian lands during the 19th century shows that neither the political boundary nor the physical "barrier" – the Danube river, the differences in governing, or the differences in languages hinder their rich and diverse relations. It turns out that the history of the Bulgarian lands and Wallachia has been connected for a long time thanks to the cultural, religious and economic ties. These relations are analyzed on the basis of the example of the village of Arbanassi, which, as important commercial center located not far from the capital Bucharest, demonstrate the intensity in economic relations. In addition, Arbanassi evolved as center of Orthodox Christianity and conductor of the politics and influence of the Constantinople Patriarchate in northern Bulgarian lands, which connected it directly with the Phanariot aristocracy in Wallachia.

Keywords: Arbanassi; Albanians; Vlachs; Walachia; international trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N33 N73 N93 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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