MIRCEA THE ELDER, RULER OF WALLACHIA, DIPLOMAT AND MILITARY LEADER

Abstract

The author of the article, based on the information provided by several historical sources (Ottoman, Bulgarian and Serbian chronicles), as well as the interpretations formulated in some researches (articles, written works, etc.) of the historians, and not only, over time, tries to bring to the readers' attention the approach of diplomacy and a military expedition of the Wallachia ruler, Mircea the Elder, beyond the northern border of the Ottoman Empire, located on the southern shore of the Danube River. The article is a research, on some events from the time of Mircea's reign, between 1389-1394, without claiming of trying to clarify details which are not yet known, even if the research will not be in agreement with some of the historical researchers.

Keywords

• ottoman campaigns
• wallachia
• akinci
• robbery raids
• the expedition of mircea the elders' army