GHIONEA GEORGETA Cercetător ştiinţific III, dr., Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C. S. NicolăescuPlopşor” din Craiova, al Academiei Române; E-mail: getaghionea@yahoo.com Abstract It is difficult to make appreciations regarding the number of the co-operative institutions from Gorj County, for the period 1918-1948, because their registration in the statistic data of that …

NICOLAE MIHAI Cercetător ştiinţific III, dr., Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C. S. Nicolăescu.-Plopşor” din Craiova, al Academiei Române; E-mail: nicolamih48@gmail.com Abstract Most unknown, the memoirs from the World War I of Nicolae Vrăbiescu are a valuable source for better understanding how the war experience was lived and remembered by Romanian …

FLORIN NACU Cercetător ştiinţific III, dr., Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” din Craiova, al Academiei Române; E-mail: florinnacu86@yahoo.ro Abstract The article intends to cross the threshold of the moment when Romania decided to enter World War I. Although connected, due to the Treaty of 1883, to the Central Powers, …

NARCISA MARIA MITU Cercetător ştiinţific III, dr., Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C. S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” din Craiova, al Academiei Române; E-mail: narcisa_mitu@yahoo.com Abstract During the second half of the 19th century, the Romanian press had a vigorous evolution, up to 2000 different publications, after 1900. Among the authors who set their …

ILEANA CIOAREC Cercetător ştiinţific III, dr., Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C. S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” din Craiova, al Academiei Române; E-mail: ileanacioarec@yahoo.com Abstract Original from the locality Paia, from which the family took the name, the Păianu boyars are attested for the first time in the 16th century, when the documents mentioned …

DRAGOŞ-IONUŢ ECATERINESCU Muzeograf, Muzeul Judeţean ,,Aurelian Sacerdoţeanu” – Vâlcea; E-mail: dragosecaterinescu@yahoo.ro Abstract By his actions, Antim Ivireanul he scored one of the brightest pages in the history of the Church and even the Romanian people. Therefore, it is a warm piety and gratitude duty to be brought as often in …

OANA ANDREIA SÂMBRIAN Cercetător ştiinţific III, dr., Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” din Craiova, al Academiei Române; E-mail: oana.sambrian@gmail.com Abstract In this new article about the information provided by the Renaissant Spanish soldier, Diego de Estrada, about Transylvania, we focus our attention on translating all the fragments where Estrada …

SIMONA LAZĂR Cercetător ştiinţific III, dr., Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C. S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” din Craiova, al Academiei Române; E-mail: simonalazar@ymail.com Abstract In the second millennium, and especially in its second half, the development of the bronze metallurgy and the perfecting of the techniques led to the intensifying of the exchanges …