Nicolae Iorga

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Nicolae Iorga
History of the Ottoman Empire. Depicted according to the sources . First volume (until 1451)
The likeness Iorgas is in the Romanian 1-Leu-slip ready

Nicolae Iorga ( German: Nikolaus Jorga ; born January 17, 1871 in Botoşani , † November 27, 1940 in Ploieşti ) was a Romanian historian , writer and politician .

Life

After completing his studies in Paris , Berlin and Leipzig , he received his doctorate in 1893 and, at the age of 23, a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy . In the 1900s he developed into the main exponent of Seedorism . In 1910 he founded the National Democratic Party (Partidul National Democrat) together with the theoretician of Romanian anti-Semitism, Alexandru Constantin Cuza . In 1920 he joined the Nationalist People's Party (Partidul Nationalist al Poporului) of Constantin Argetoianu and became its president. From April 18, 1931 to May 31, 1932 he was Romanian Prime Minister. After differences within the party, he founded his Nationalist Democratic Party (Partidul Nationalist Democrat) in 1932 . As a prominent figure in Romanian culture, Iorga enjoyed the trust of the royal house. As a member of a circle of educators, scientists and the military, he supported the scout movement in Romania . Nicolae Iorga was the largest Romanian publisher at the time with around 1,250 published volumes and 25,000 articles.

death

After publicist attacks on the right-wing extremist Legion of Archangel Michael (also known as the Iron Guard ), he was murdered by legionaries on November 27, 1940. Iorga's grandson is the Medievalist and early modernist Andrei Pippidi .

Works

  • History of the Ottoman Empire. Illustrated from the sources , Gotha, Perthes 1908–1913 (5 volumes), reissued in the Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1997. ISBN 978-3-534-13738-1 . ( Volume 1 ; Volume 2 ; Volume 3 ; Volume 4 ; Volume 5 )
  • History of the Romanians and their culture , Sibiu / Hermannstadt 1929.

literature

About Iorga's main work:

  • Erich Prokosch: Jorga from the perspective of the 21st century: N. Jorga: History of the Ottoman Empire according to the sources . In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Vol. 100, Orientalische Landschaft (2010), pp. 243–264, JSTOR 23861996 .
  • Maria Matilda Alexandrescu-Dersca Bulgaru: N icolae Iorga: A Romanian Historian of the Ottoman Empire . Bucharest 1972 (Bibliotheca Historica Romaniae Studies 40).

Web links

Commons : Nicolae Iorga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Holtus , Edgar Radtke: Romanian Studies in Discussion, Volume 259 of Tuebinger Contributions to Linguistics . Gunter Narr, 1986, ISBN 3-87808-859-0 , p. 435, here 21-23 .
personal data
SURNAME Iorga, Nicolae
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jorga, Nicolas; Yorga, Nicola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian historian, writer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Botoșani
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1940
Place of death Ploieşti