GRiSSH::Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies | Vol.31, No.2, 1990 | A Greek prelate in the Tatar Khanate of the Crimea in the early seventeenth century

A Greek prelate in the Tatar Khanate of the Crimea in the early seventeenth century

Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.31, No.2, 1990, pages 269-282

Issue:

Vol.31, No.2, 1990

Pages:

269-282

Section Title:

Articles

Author:

Souliotis, D. P.

Abstract:

The original letter that is published here is a greek document located inthe National Library of Budapest; it was written in March 1609 by the Archbishopof Ochrid Nectarius and its addressee was the “Prince of Dacia, voivodeBogdan”. The Greek Prelate, together with other Greeks of Crimea, supportthe ambitions that Stefan Bogdan had to take the Moldavian throne.The Greek document contains details and information relating to theTatar Khanate of the Crimea, which are not found in other contemporaryGreek or non-Greek testimonies.

Subject:

History and Archaeology

Subject (LC):

Ιστορία

Keywords:

Tatar Khanate of the Crimea, Ελληνισμός στην Κριμαία