Grigore Maior şi mişcarea naţională de emancipare a Românilor din Transilvania

  • Subiect: Grigore Maior and the Movement for National Emancipation of the Romanians of Transylvania Grigore Maior, a name- better known to those who study the problems of the 18th century Transylvania, belongs to the period running from the time of Inochentie Micu to that of Supplex Libellus Valachorum. Our investigation started from the premise that he lived in a period lacking in political actions. It was a period when the Romanians tried to determine not only a change in the attitude of the Austrian policy but also a new policy from a Romanian perspective, an action through culture. Grigore Maior may serve as an example of his time, he came to carry on the program of Inochentie Micu under foe new circumstances. While he was a bishop (1772-1782) he determined a revival of the political actions supporting the Romanians and soon he became the leader of the scholars from Blaj. He was convinced of the important role of the church under the new circumstances caused by the religious union, that it could become a political and cultural instrument. He was a teacher and headmaster of the new schools from Blaj and joined the reformist policy of the Austrian empire not as a mere official, as the interests of the court required, but talking initiatives that displeased the court and led to his resignation. He contributed to the abolition of an old institution of the Jesuit theologian, imposed by the 1701 Diploma and against which all the Uniate bishops had militated and played an important role in the development of the cultural institutions of the Romanians. It is worth mentioning his title of „private chancellor" conferred upon him by Maria Theresia as well as his effort for organizing the Romanian frontier regiments and the volunteer regiments and his works like „Epistolă pastoral” (Pastoral Letter) and „Enciclică" (Encyclical Letter). He exposed the national aspiration of a people who in that time was not accepted in the „system of the recognized nations and of the accepted confessions". No doubt there are many questions still unsettled. The future investigations based on the existing documents will bring to light new significant aspects offering further interpretations.
  • Limba de redactare: română
  • Secţiunea: Carte veche, muzeografie, istoria culturii, personalităţi sălăjene
  • Vezi publicația: Acta Musei Porolissensis: ActaMP
  • Editura: Muzeul de Istorie şi Artă din Zalău
  • Loc publicare: Zalău
  • Anul publicaţiei: 1985
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: IX; anul 1985
  • Paginaţia: 701-
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