The Wallachian gold-washers : unlocking the golden past of the Rudari woodworkers /
"This is the first monograph on the history of the Rudari people of Romania and the first mapping of their settlements. The Rudari are a population which has traditionally inhabited the Balkan area and much of Central Europe. Many of them do not know the Romani language but speak Romanian diale...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Paderborn :
Brill Sch̲ningh,
[2023]
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| Series: | Roma history and culture ;
v. 2. |
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| Summary: | "This is the first monograph on the history of the Rudari people of Romania and the first mapping of their settlements. The Rudari are a population which has traditionally inhabited the Balkan area and much of Central Europe. Many of them do not know the Romani language but speak Romanian dialects and today make a living out of carving wooden household items, although their Slavic name alludes to mining. Indeed, the Rudari were for centuries gold-prospectors and gold-washers working for the Crown of Wallachia and were administrated as slaves by a monastery situated on the auriferous Olt river. The authors have reconstructed the fascinating history of this ethnic group for a period of 500 years until the 19th century when gold-panning went in decline due to the exhaustion of the reserves of alluvial gold."-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 285 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783506790385 3506790382 |
| ISSN: | 2702-5020 ; |