 |
INDEX.
A.
AGRICULTURE:
- cattle and sheep, 78, 79.
- cereals, nature, growth, and trade in, 6, 11, 31, 70, 76, 77.
-
- yield, and estimates of cost of growing, 76, 78.
- cheese and dairy products, 79.
- college (agricultural) of Ferestreu, 80-82.
- education, agricultural, 80.
- farming, slovenly, 6, and note.
- flowers and fruits, 11, 12.
- implements of husbandry, 13, 75, 76.
- labourers, wages of, 13.
- landlordism in Roumania, 84, 85.
- land reforms, comparison between Roumanian and Irish, 85, 86.
- peasantry, character and condition of, 85, 86.
- peasant proprietary, history of the, 82-84, and Appendix
IV.
- rotation of crops, 75.
- soil, nature and capabilities of, 6, 17, 75, 79.
- statistics of occupations, 87.
Archeology :
- collections in the Academy at Bucaiest, 42.
- Constantine's bridge, 27.
- Curtea d'Ardges, cathedral of, 27, 58-65.
-
- its traditions and true history, 62-65.
- Gothic remains in Roumania, 27.
- Roman remains in Roumania, 26, 27.
-
- roads in Roumania, Transylvania, and Bulgaria, 26.
- Trajan's bridge, 23, 24.
-
- road on the Danube, 23.
- Tablet, 21, 23-25.
B.
BIOGRAPHY (see Appendix V. ' List of Works ').
Biography:
- Bassarab, Matthew, 201.
-
- Brancovano (Wallachia), 203, 206.
- Bratiano, M., 223, 265, 266.
- Cantemir (Moldavia), 204.
- Charles I., prince and king, 16, 17, 233-52, 258-60 (see ' History Couza, Prince, 229-32 (see ' History').
- Decebalus, 119 et seq.
- Elisabeth, princess and queen, 55, 92.
-
- marriage, 257.
- personal description of, 260, 261.
- verses by, 261 note.
- Heliade, 221, 222, 223.
- Hunniad, Johann Corvin von, 167-69.
- Mavrocordato, Nicholas and Constantine, 208, 209,
- Mavrogeni, Nicholas, 214, 215, 218.
- Michael the Brave, 175, 176-98.
- Mircea the Old, 164-67.
- Rosetti, C. A., 223, 263-65.
- Madame, 262, 263.
- Serban II. (Cantacuzene), 64, 202, 203.
- Stephen, called the Good, 170, 173.
- Trajan, 122 et seq.
- Vladimiresco, 219.
- Ypsilanti, 219, 220.
Botany:
- Ferestreu, plants cultivated at, 80.
- garden flowers and fruits of Roumania, 11, 12.
- plants and trees of the plains, 6.
- of the hills, 11.
- of the mountains, 14.
C
COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES:
- building company, for public works, 56.
- cereals, imports from Roumania into Great Britain 31.
- Danube, navigation of, 30.
-
- tonnage of vessels entering, 30.
- Danubian Commission, history of, 32-35.
- flannel factories, 70.
- flour mills, 70.
- Galatz, trade at, 68-70.
- Ibrail, trade at, 72.
- maize, imports into England from Roumania, 31.
- markets and exchanges, absence of, 55.
- match factories, 70.
- petroleum wells and distilleries, 14,
31.
- railways, extension of, 71.
- securities, Roumanian, &c., 270
note.
- salt mines of Roumania, 14, 106.
- saw mills, 70.
- statistics of trade between Roumania and Great Britain, 70.
- sugar factories, 70.
E.
EDUCATION AND CULTURE :
- Academy, the, 41, 42.
-
- its collections and appliances, 42-45.
- agricultural college at Ferestreu, 80-82.
- Asyle Helene, girls' school, 92-94.
- education in Roumania, 88-95.
- compared with England, 89 note.
-
- of Youths abroad, 89--91, 95.
- collegiate, 89.
- other schools, 94, 95.
- music, 52, 55, 97.
- popular instruction and culture, want of, 55.
- Savants-M. Aurelian, 80.
-
- M. Bacologlu, 43. M. Bernath, 19, 43.
- M. Cogalniceanu, 55, 267.
- Dr. Davila, 43, 92, 94, 238.
- M. Hasdeu, 55, 99.
- M. Jon Ghika, 165 note, 267, and Appendix IV.
- M. Stourdza, 42.
- M. Tocilesco, 27 note, 42.
- societies, learned, 55.
Ethnography :
- dances, in their relation to the descent of the Roumanians, 97, 98.
- language, in its relation to the descent of the Roumanians, 95-99.
-
- music and its relations to the people, 97.
- peasantry, types of, 7.
- Trajan's coloists and modern Roumanians, 132, 162.
- Wallachs, the, and the Roumanians, 151-54, 164.
G.
GEOGRAPHY (see also ' Topography' and `Geology'):
- boundaries of Roumania, 3.
- configuration of the surface, 5.
- dimensions, 4.
- hills, zone of, 11. Kazan Pass, the, 22.
- lakes, 25.
- mountains, zone of, 5, 14.
- plains, zone of, 6.
- rivers-the Danube, 20-25.
-
- other rivers, 25.
- Iron Gates, the, 22.
- population, 4.
- of cities, 39, 50, 51, 71.
- summary of geographical characters, 28.
Geology and Mineralogy:
- Balta Alba, mineral waters of, 25.
- basin of the Danube, 17, 18.
- Carpathians, slopes of, 18.
-
- coal and lignite, 18.
- copper and other minerals, 19.
- iron, 18.
- ozokerit (hydrocarbon), 18.
- petroleum wells, 14.
- plains, geology of, 17.
- salt mines, 14, 106-9.
H.
HISTORY (see also ' Biography'):
- Adrianople, treaty of 221.
- Aeneas Sylvius on the Wallachs, 153
- Alexander, Philip, and Lysimachus, their wars with the Geta, 115-17.
- Anna Conmena on the Wallachs, 152.
- Anonymous Notary of King Bela, the, 150, 151.
- Attila, his career and death, 111, 142.
- Aurelian evacuates Dacia, 135-37.
- Aurelius (Marcus) defeats the Goths, 134.
- Avari, the, 143.
- Bajazet I. overruns Wallachia, 165.
- Balta-Liman, convention of, 224,
Appendix IV.
- bans, voivodes, and khans (early), 163, 164.
- barbarians, 138-60, and Appendix I.
(see also `Goths," Huns,' &c.).
- Basilius Lupus, 201.
- Bassarab, the clan, 163.
- Basta (General), 192, 195, 198.
- Bathori, Sigismuud, 182, 185, 196.
-
- Belgrade, treaty of, 216.
- Bessarabia (Lower) annexed to Moldavia, 228.
-
- retaken by Russia in exchange for the Dobrudscha, 253.
- Bogdan, Dragosch, 162, 170.
-
- Bonfinius on the Wallachs, 152.
- Brancovano treats with Peter the Great, 203.
-
- deposed and executed, 204, 205,
- his great treasures, 205, 206.
- Bratiano, M., 223, 266.
- Bucarest, treaty of, 218.
- Bulgari, their customs, 144-46.
- Bulgari, their rule, 147, 148.
- Bulgarians (modern), their revolt (1877), 236.
-
- their alliance with the Russians, 242.
- Cantemir treats with Peter the Great, 203.
-
- Capitulation of Mircea to the Turks, 165 and Appendix II.
-
- of Bogdan to the Turks, 172 and
Appendix II.
- Charles, Prince, 16, 17.
-
- accession, 233.
- difficulties of rule, 234.
- services to army, 237.
- participation in war of 1877-8, 239,
241.
- commander-in-chief before Plevna, 243.
- meets Osman Pasha, 252.
- crowned king, 255.
- personal description, 258-60.
- Christianity, history of, 65-66 note.
- Consuls, Russian, established in Roumania, 217.
-
- English and French, established in Romnania, 218.
- Corvinus (see 'Hunniad').
- Couza, Prince, accession and reign, 229.
-
- surprised in his palace and deposed, 230.
- abdication and departure, 231, 232.
- Criminal codes of Matthew Bassarab and Basilius Lupus, 201, 202.
- Dacia, contests with Rome, 117 et
seq.
-
- Decebalus, King of, 119-29.
- Trajan's first invasion of, 122-27.
- second invasion of, 127-30.
- a Roman province, 131-34.
- evacuated by Aurelian, 135-37.
- Gibbon on the evacuation, 131-37.
- Dacians, the, their origin and character, 117-19.
-
- early wars with Rome, 119 et
seq.
- Decebalus, King of the Dacians, 119-29.
-
- defeats Appius Sabinus, and Cornelius Fuscus, 120.
- is beaten by Tertius Julianus, 121.
- makes a treaty with Domitian, 121, 122.
- is defeated by Trajan, 124.
- breaks his treaty with Trajan, 127.
- attempts Trojan's life by assassination, 128.
- again defeated by Trajan and commits suicide, 129.
- Dion Cassius, the historian, 117, 118 note.
- Domitian, defeated by Decebalus, 120.
- Elisabeth, princess and queen, 55, 92, 257, 260-61, 261 note (see
also 'Biography').
- Gellius (and other chiefs), tradition of, 150, l51 note.
- Gepidae (a branch of the Goths), powerful in Northern Dacia, 142.
-
- defeated and exterminated by the Lombards, 143.
- Getae, their supposed origin, 115, 116.
-
- at war with Alexander and other Greek generals, 116, 117.
- Gibbon on Aurelian's evacuation of Dacia, 135.
-
- his estimate of the Dacians, 136.
- Goths, their first appearance, 134.
-
- defeated by Marcus Aurelius, 135.
- negotiate with Aurelian, 136.
- rule in Dacia, 139, 140.
- end of their rule, and remains left by them, 140.
- Greek families, reference to histories of, 201 note.
-
- rulers of Wallachia and Roumania (see ' Phanariotes').
- rising under Vladimiresco and Ypsilanti, 219, 220.
- suppressed, 220.
- Grivitza Redoubt besieged by the Roumanians, 245, 246.
-
- its strength, 247.
- its capture by the Romnanians, 248,
249.
- Helena (Couza), Princess, 92, 229.
- Heliad, the regenerator of national literature in Roumania, 221-23.
- his political action. 223.
- Hospodars, Greek (see 'Phanariotes').
-
- origin of title, 208, 209 note.
- restoration of native, 220.
- Hungarians (see ' Ungri').
- Hunniad, Johann Corvin von, his birth and early life, 167, 168.
-
- viceroy of Siebenbilrüen and regent of Hungary, 168.
- his wars with the Turks and death, 168.
- anecdotes concerning him, and his character, 169.
- Huns, appear in northern Dacia, 140,
141.
-
- their aspect and ferocity, 141.
- their king Attila, 141.
- defeated and driven out of Europe, 142.
- Innocent III., his correspondence with Joannitz, King of
Wallacho-Bulgaria, 156-60.
- Jassy, Treaty of, 218.
- Jasvges, the, 118.
- Kainardji, treaty of, 217.
- Knights of St. John and Teutonic knights, 156.
- Kumani, the, 155, 156.
- Lauriani on the correspondence between Joannitz and Innocent
I11., 156-60. on the fall of
Wallacho-Bulgaria, 160.
- Lombards, the, 143.
- Magyars, the (see ' Ungri').
- Matthew Bassarab, his criminal code, 201, 202.
- Mavrocordato, Alexander, 207.
-
- Nicholas, first Phanariote voivode, 208.
- Constantine, suppresses retainers of boyards, 208.
- appoints new officers of State, 208,
209.
- Mavrogeni, Nicholas, his nobles rebel, 214, 215. his defeat by
the Austrians and Russians, 218.
- Michael the Brave, condition of Wallachia in his clay, 176-81.
-
- classes of society, 176, 177, 178.
- taxes, 178.
- officials, 179.
- army, 180.
- political relations with other states, 181.
- career of Michael : early history and accession, 182; alliances, 182 ;
massacre of the Turks, 183 ; conspiracy
against him, 183 ; Achmed Pasha's
invasion and defeat, 184; Sigismund of
Transylvania, Michael's sub mission to him, 185; invasion of Sinan Pasha, 186; Kalugereni, Michael's great victory, 186, 187; retreat
and rally of Michael, 187 ; expulsion of
the Turks, 188 ; intrigues of Michael,
1;9; abdication of Sigismund and accession of Andreas Bathori, 183 ; Michael's invasion and conquest of
Transylvani , 189-92 ; triumph at
Weissenburg, 192 ; Michael overruns
Moldavia, 192, 194; in the zenith of his power, 194; General Basta, 192, 195 ; revolt of
Transylvanian nobles, 195 ; defeat of
Michael at Miriszlo and flight, 195, 196 ; appeals to the German Emperor, 196 ;
recall of Sigismund Bathori, 196 ;
Michael pardoned and reinstated, 196, 197
; junction with Basta and defeat of the Tran sylvan ian s, 197 ; feud with Basta, 197 ; Michael assassinated by order of Basta, 198 ; his character, 198.
- Mircea the Old, allied with Hungary and Poland, defeats the
Turks, 165.
-
- first 'capitulation' at Nicopolis, 165 and Appendix II.
- his army, 166.
- his character, and verses in his memory by Bolentineanu, 167.
- Moldavia, tradition of Bogdan Dragosch, 162.
- earliest historical records of, 170.
- early voivodes, 170, 171.
- Stephen 'the Good,' voivode of, 171-73.
- capitulation of Bogdan to the Turks, 172.
- conquered by Michael the Brave, 193,
194.
- asilius Lupus, voivode of, 202.
- Cantemir, voivode of, treats with Peter the Great, 203.
- invasion by Peter the Great, 203.
Greek rising in (1821), 223.
- Michael Stourdza seizes the boyards, who escape, 223.
- Moldavia, junction of, with Wallachia under Couza, 228.
-
- coronation of King Charles, 255.
- Muktar Pasha relieves Kars, 241.
- Neagu Bassarab, records in the Cathedral of Ardges, 63, 64.
-
- Niamtz, verses on Stephen's flight to, 172.
- Nicholas, Czar of Russia, and the Crimean war, 225, 227.
-
- Grand Duke, watches the crossing of the Danube by the Russians,
240.
- meets Osman Pasha, 252.
- Officers of State in the Principalities, 179.
- Omar Pasha suppresses the Greek rising, 224.
- Osman Pasha repels the Russians at Plevna, 240.
-
- is repulsed at Plevna, 243.
- is defeated, and surrenders to the Russian and Roumanian
generals, 252.
- Paris, treaty of, 227.
- Patzinakitai, the, 151.
- Peter, Asan, and John, founders of Wallacho-Bulgarian empire,
154, 155.
- Peter the Great, his invasion of Moldavia, 203.
- Phanariotes, the, their rise and early history, 206, 207.
-
- the first rulers, 207, 208.
- installation of hospodars, 209.
- extortion and tyranny of, 210-12.
- extravagance of the princesses, 211.
- their usual fate, 212.
- favourable aspects of their rule, 214.
- end of their domination, 220.
- Wilkinson on their character, 220.
- Pie, on the origin of the Roumanians, 164 note.
- Plevna, siege and investment of, 240-52.
-
- Radii Affumati, 175.
- Radu Negru, tradition of, 162.
- Revolution of, 1848, 223.
- suppressed, 224.
- Roesler on the origin of the Roumanians, 164 note.
- Romans invade Dacia under Domitian, 120.
-
- invade Dacia under Trajan, 122-27.
- second invasion under Trajan, 127-30.
- rule in Dacia, 131-34.
- at war with the Goths, 134, 135.
- evacuate Dacia, 135-37.
- Rosetti, C. A., his participation in the rising of 1818, 223; his career, 263-265(see also '
Biography').
-
- Madame, liberates the Roumanian patriots from the Turks, 262, 263 (see also
`Biography').
- Roumania constituted a principality under Couza, 229.
-
- its provisional government after the fall of Couza, 231, 232.
- under Prince Charles, 233-57.
- erected into a kingdom, 255.
- review of its history, 255.
- the future of, 269, 270.
- Roumanian alliance with Russia against Turkey, 237.
-
- army, 237, 238 and note, 245.
- neutrality in 1877, 236.
- policy, 267-70.
- soldiers, Russian contempt of, at the commencement of the war,
242.
- praised for their coolness, 242.
- bravery at Grivitza, 248.
- sufferings of, after the capture of Grivitza, 248.
- securities, rise in the value of, 270
note.
- Russian invasion of Moldavia under Peter the Great (1709), 203, 201.
- of the Principalities under Anne (1755), 216.
- under Catherine IV. (1768), 216.
- rule in Wallachia (1774), 217.
- Russian consuls sent to Bucarest, 217.
-
- rule in the Principalities (1789-92, 1806-12),220.
- intervention and Russo-Turkish war of 1829, 221.
- invasion in 1848, 224.
- intervention, review of benefits to Roumania therefrom, 221-25.
- designs in 1853, 225.
- war with England, France, and Turkey (1853), 226, 227, 228.
- action in 1877, 235, 236.
- indebtedness to Roumania in 1877, 237, 238.
- invasion of Bulgaria (1877) 240.
- disasters in Bulgaria and Aria, 240,
241, 246.
- contempt for the Roumanian soldiers, 242.
- recognition of their bravery, 243.
- ingratitude after the conclusion of the war, 212, 243.
- San Stephano, treaty of, 253.
- Sarmatians, rule in Dacia, 142.
-
- defeated by Valentinian, 142.
- Serban (Cantacuzene), 202.
- betrays the Turks at Vienna, 202.
- Shipka Pass, fighting in, between Turks and Russians, 240, 241.
- Skobeleff, his success at Loftcha, 245.
- disaster at Plevna, 246, 247.
- Slavonians, 144.
- Stephen, called the Good, Voivode of Moldavia, 171.
-
- overruns Wallachia, 171.
- story of his flight to Niamtz (verses by Bolentineanu), 172.
- his cruelty and fanaticism, 173.
- his wars with the Turks and Tartars, 171-73.
- Tacitus, his comments on the Roman defeats in Dacia, 119, 120.
- Tartar conquest of the Principalities, 160.
-
- ravages, and defeats by Michael the Brave, 182, 184.
- Teutonic knights and knights of St John, 156.
- Traditions of Radu Negru and Bogdan, 162.
- Trajan, his first expedition into Dacia, 122-27.
-
- his second expedition into Dacia, 127-80.
- his triumph after the reduction of Dacia, 129. his method of colonising Dacia, 131-33 and note.
- Treaties of Nicopolis (1393), 165 and
Appendix II. ; between Bogdan and Scum
-
- (1513), Appendix II.; of Belgrade (1739), 216; of Kainardji (1774), 217 ; of Jassy (1792), 218 ; of Bucarest (1812), 218 ; of Adrianople (1829), 221 ; of Balta-Liman (1849), 224; of Paris (1856), 227, 228; of San
Stephano (1878), 253.
- Turkish invasion of the Principalities (first), 165.
-
- suzerainty enforced upon Mircea, 165.
- wars with Johann Corvin von Hunniad, 168.
- wars with Moldavia, 171.
- supremacy established in Moldavia, 172.
- inhabitants of Wallachia massacred by Michael, 183.
- efeat at Kalugereni, 186, 187.
- expulsion from Wallachia, 188.
- exactions after Michael's death, 200.
- army betrayed at Vienna, 202.
- war with Peter the Great, 203, 204.
- appointment of Greek voivodes, 208.
- war with Anne and Charles VI., 216.
- defeat the allies at Belgrade, 216.
- war with Catherine, 216.
- with Russia (1806) 218; (1829), 221; (1853), 225-28.
- obstacles to the union of the Principalities, 228.
- to the accession of Charles I., 234.
- war with Russia and Roumania (1877) 235-53.
- victories in Bulgaria and Asia, 240,
241.
- defeats at Plevna, 243.
- victory over Skoheleff before Plevna, 246, 247.
- defeat at Grivitza, 248, 249.
- Ungri (Hungarians, or Magyars), their origin, 148.
- Ungri, Hallam's description of them, 149.
-
- German account of their savagery, 149, 150.
- their career in the Principalities and settlement in Hungary,
150.
- Vlad, the Impaler, fights the Turks in alliance with John
Corvinus, 168.
-
- his wars with the Turks, 170.
- his horrible cruelties, 170.
- submission to the Turks, 170.
- Vladimiresco, his career and death, 219.
- Vladislaus, King of Poland and Hungary, fights the Turks in
alliance with John Corvinus, 168.
-
- Voivodes, early, in Wallachia, 163 et
seq., 200 et seq.
-
- in Moldavia, 170 et seq.
- their short rule and usual fate, 200,
213.
- Phanariote, 208 et seq.
- native, restored, 220.
- Wallachia, early traditions of, 162.
-
- historical records of its foundation, 163.
- bans, voivodes, and khans in, 163, 164.
- first capitulation to the Turks, 165
and Appendix II.
- state of society under Michael the Brave, 176-81.
- under the Phanariotes, 208-14.
- under Russian protection, 217, 221, 224.
- Greek rising in, 218, 220.
- national regeneration by Heliade, 221, 222.
- revolution of 1848 in, 223, 224.
- junction with Moldavia, 228.
- Wallachs, their origin, 151, 153.
-
- opinions of mediaeval historians regarding their Daco-Roman
descent (Bonfinius, Anna Comnena, AEneas Sylvius), 152, 153.
- their first rule, 154.
- Wallacho-Bulgarian Empire, founded by Peter, Asan, and John, 155.
-
- allied with the Kumani,155.
- duration of the Empire, 155.
- correspondence between Innocent III. and John, Emperor of, 156-60. fall of, 160.
- Wilkinson on the Phanariotes, 180
note, 210.
- Ypsilanti, his leadership of the Greek rising, 219.
-
- treachery against Vladimiresco, 219.
- fights the Turks at Dragosani, 219.
- defeat, flight, and ultimate fate, 220.
- Zallony on the Phanariotes, 210.
L.
LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE:
- capital punishment abolished, and its substitutes, 101, 102, 106.
- courts of justice, 100.
- crime, statistics of, 103.
- Doftana. visit to salt mine of, 104,
105.
- expenditure for judicial and penal purposes, 112.
- prisons of Roumania, 102-10.
- prisoners, treatment of, 102, 104, 106, 110, 111.
- Vakareschti, visit to prison of, 104,
105.
M.
MANUFACTURES (see 'Commerce').
Meteorology:
- climate and seasons of Roumania, 28.
P.
Philology:
- language, constitution of the Roumanian, 95-97.
-
- comparison of Latin, Roumanian, and English, 96.
- Greek and other derivatives, 97.
- Magyar words in Roumanian, 97.
Politics :
- Austria and Roumania, and the Danube, 32-33, 267.
- domestic, in Rouniania, 267, 269.
- English interests on the Danube, 34,
35.
- foreign, in Roumania, 267-69.
- future, 269.
- land question, tile, in Roumania and Ireland, 82-85.
- leaders in, 257-67 (see also '
Biography ')
- Liberals, efforts of the, 267-70.
- parties, state of, in Roumania, 235
note.
S.
SOCIOLOGY:
- amusements of the people, 46.
- divorces in Roumania, 213, 214 note.
- funerals, 56.
- gipsies, their history, condition, and occupations, 49-5d.
- hospitals, 44-46, 68.
- Jews, the, 57, 58.
- land and houses, cost of, 47.
- Lipovans, the, 54.
- octroi duties and poll-tax, 57.
- peasant proprietary, 82-6, and
Appendix IV.
- peasantry, types of, 7.
-
- costumes of, 7, 8, 48, 49.
- women, occupations of, 8, 48.
- subterranean huts of, 10.
- diseases of, 10.
- police des moeurs, 45.
- prisons and prison system, 101-110 (see 'Law').
- upper classes. 46.
- working classes, customs, wages, and condition in Bucarest, 46-49.
T.
TOPOGRAPHY:
- Bucarest, 5, 37-56.
- Curtea d'Ardges, 58-64.
- Danubian towns, 21.
- Galatz, 67-70.
- Ibrail, 72.
- Jassy, 71, 72
- Roumanian towns, chief 36, 37.
- Sinaia, 7, 15,
16.
Z.
ZOOLOGY :
- buffaloes, 78.
- fishes, 25.
- sheep and cattle, 79.
s_appidx.shtml
Text Archive Home | Book Details | Table of Contents
|