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The Wallachian Gold-Washers

Titel:	The Wallachian Gold-Washers : Unlocking the Golden Past of the Rudari Woodworkers / Julieta Rotaru, David Gaunt
Verfasser:	Rotaru, Julieta ; Gaunt, David
Ausgabe:	1st ed.
Veröffentlicht:	Paderborn : Brill \| Schöningh, 2023
Umfang:	1 Online-Ressource (307 p.)
Format:	E-Book
Sprache:	Englisch
Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk:	Roma History and Culture ; 2
Schlagworte:	Rudari Goldwäscherei Walachei Geschichte 1388-1838
ISBN:	9783657790388 ; 9783506790385

Zusammenfassung:	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.

Zusammenfassung:

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.

The Wallachian Gold-Washers

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