Although I realize you were not aiming for a many page, comprehensive review of Romanian history, Ștefan cel Mare, or Stephen the Great should have been mentioned. H was the Prince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504, built some of the most important cultural monument (especially the painted monasteries of northern Moldavia), and was so successful in fighting off the Turks, that the Turks abandoned their plans to conquer western Europe by going through Romania. He was recognized for this by the Catholic Pope at the time who gave him the title “Athlete of Christ”. Because he did all this in the usual military way, without the more “flamboyant” antics of Vlad Țepeș (“the impaler”), he often does not get on the short list of Romanian heroes in the West, but is greatly revered in Romania (to the point of being canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church).
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Although I realize you were not aiming for a many page, comprehensive review of Romanian history, Ștefan cel Mare, or Stephen the Great should have been mentioned. H was the Prince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504, built some of the most important cultural monument (especially the painted monasteries of northern Moldavia), and was so successful in fighting off the Turks, that the Turks abandoned their plans to conquer western Europe by going through Romania. He was recognized for this by the Catholic Pope at the time who gave him the title “Athlete of Christ”. Because he did all this in the usual military way, without the more “flamboyant” antics of Vlad Țepeș (“the impaler”), he often does not get on the short list of Romanian heroes in the West, but is greatly revered in Romania (to the point of being canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church).
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