http://thetarpit.org/2021/ion-ghica-letters-to-vasile-alecsandri-from-the-time-of-caragea-ii "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:01:19 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2021/ion-ghica-letters-to-vasile-alecsandri-from-the-time-of-caragea-ii#comment-3260 Ion Ghica, Letters to Vasile Alecsandri: From the time of Caragea [v] « The Tar Pit Sat, 15 Oct 2022 11:09:50 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=437#comment-3260 [...] ii: Caragea's covid the Great [...] [...] ii: Caragea's covid the Great [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2021/ion-ghica-letters-to-vasile-alecsandri-from-the-time-of-caragea-ii#comment-2606 The sweeping, unstoppable wave « The Tar Pit Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:17:09 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=437#comment-2606 [...] Turkish influences run so deep that back then no one in Rahova used the word "petrecere". It was either a bairam, i.e. [...] [...] Turkish influences run so deep that back then no one in Rahova used the word "petrecere". It was either a bairam, i.e. [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2021/ion-ghica-letters-to-vasile-alecsandri-from-the-time-of-caragea-ii#comment-2051 Ion Ghica, Letters to Vasile Alecsandri: From the time of Caragea [iii] « The Tar Pit Sun, 01 May 2022 16:48:10 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=437#comment-2051 [...] Following an epidemic, as well as after a war, humankind always looks to regain its level; apparently life becomes easier, lads' wealths and girls' dowries improve through inheritances and through the death of brothers and sisters with whom they would have otherwise shared the parently possessions, had the latter lived. When a great mortality occurs, people say that the bread grows cheaper -- and this belief had some grounding back then, as the country was back then lacking in exports and thus grains were only used for internal consumption. Under these circumstances, marriages had to become numerous, moreso as evil had plagued more beings. Thus, as soon as the plague ended, people started wedding. [...] [...] Following an epidemic, as well as after a war, humankind always looks to regain its level; apparently life becomes easier, lads' wealths and girls' dowries improve through inheritances and through the death of brothers and sisters with whom they would have otherwise shared the parently possessions, had the latter lived. When a great mortality occurs, people say that the bread grows cheaper -- and this belief had some grounding back then, as the country was back then lacking in exports and thus grains were only used for internal consumption. Under these circumstances, marriages had to become numerous, moreso as evil had plagued more beings. Thus, as soon as the plague ended, people started wedding. [...]

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