Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (Romanian pronunciation: [boɡˈdan
petriˈt͡ʃejku haʃˈdew] (listen) 26 February 1838 â€" 7 September
[O.S. 25 August] 1907)[1] was a Romanian writer and philologist, who
pioneered many branches of Romanian philology and history.He was born
Tadeu Hasdeu in CristineÅŸtii Hotinului (now Kerstentsi in Chernivtsi
Oblast, Ukraine), northern Bessarabia, at the time part of Imperial
Russia.[1] His father was the writer Alexandru Hâjdeu, a descendant
of the Hâjdău family of Moldovan boyars, with noted Polish
connections.After studying law at the University of Kharkiv, he fought
as a Russian hussar in the Crimean War. In 1858 he settled in IaÅŸi as
a high school teacher and librarian. In 1865, Hasdeu published a
monograph on Ioan Vodă the Terrible, renaming him for the first time
cel Viteazâ€""the Brave". The portrayal of this violent, short rule as
a glorious moment (and of Ioan himself as a reformer) drew criticism
from the Junimea society, a conflict which was to follow Hasdeu for
the rest of his life. Still, Hasdeu's version of Ioan's character and
his anti-boyar actions were to be reclaimed as a founding myth by
Communist Romania.In 1863, Hasdeu again moved his residence, from
Iaşi to Bucharest; he began editing the satirical magazine Aghiuţă,
which ceased publication the following year.
petriˈt͡ʃejku haʃˈdew] (listen) 26 February 1838 â€" 7 September
[O.S. 25 August] 1907)[1] was a Romanian writer and philologist, who
pioneered many branches of Romanian philology and history.He was born
Tadeu Hasdeu in CristineÅŸtii Hotinului (now Kerstentsi in Chernivtsi
Oblast, Ukraine), northern Bessarabia, at the time part of Imperial
Russia.[1] His father was the writer Alexandru Hâjdeu, a descendant
of the Hâjdău family of Moldovan boyars, with noted Polish
connections.After studying law at the University of Kharkiv, he fought
as a Russian hussar in the Crimean War. In 1858 he settled in IaÅŸi as
a high school teacher and librarian. In 1865, Hasdeu published a
monograph on Ioan Vodă the Terrible, renaming him for the first time
cel Viteazâ€""the Brave". The portrayal of this violent, short rule as
a glorious moment (and of Ioan himself as a reformer) drew criticism
from the Junimea society, a conflict which was to follow Hasdeu for
the rest of his life. Still, Hasdeu's version of Ioan's character and
his anti-boyar actions were to be reclaimed as a founding myth by
Communist Romania.In 1863, Hasdeu again moved his residence, from
Iaşi to Bucharest; he began editing the satirical magazine Aghiuţă,
which ceased publication the following year.
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