04607nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-031-59626-1 DE-He213 20251030114632.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241221s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031596261 978-3-031-59626-1 10.1007/978-3-031-59626-1 doi D203.2-475 HBJD bicssc HBLH bicssc HIS010000 bisacsh NHD 3M thema Olaru, Vasile Mihai. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 89337 State Formation in Wallachia, 1740–1800 [electronic resource] : Regulations, Paperwork and Metrology / by Vasile Mihai Olaru. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVII, 351 p. 17 illus., 15 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Introduction -- 2. Wallachia in the Early Modern Period and Transformation in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. From Local Custom to Written Law: Agrarian Regulations and State Infrastructural Growth -- 4. From Private Charter to Stature: The Fiscal Regulations -- 5. Paperwork: Immobile Instruments for Storing Information -- 6. Mobile Instruments for Storing Information -- 7. The Standardization of Weights and Measures -- 8. Conclusions. This book explores the transformation of the state in Wallachia, an Ottoman tributary principality, between 1740 and 1800 by focusing on three administrative techniques: regulations, paperwork (registers, identification certificates), and weights and measures. The implementation by the central power of regulations, bookkeeping, certificates, and standard units of measurement was not smooth, but it nevertheless heralded the beginning of the struggle against localism and the efforts to extend the boundaries of legitimate state action. The author challenges the (mostly Romanian) historiography of the Phanariot period, which has portrayed the state as a set of institutions undertaking certain responsibilities and has insisted almost exclusively on its extractive function and abusive character. Instead, this book takes a closer look at how the Wallachian state functioned, examining how its means of interacting with its subjects changed in the second half of the eighteenth century. Rethinking the problem of the state in eighteenth-century Wallachia, traditionally regarded as a mere instrument of Ottoman domination, it claims that it was precisely during this time that the bases of modern statehood were laid in a context defined by imperial rivalries (Ottoman, Habsburg, Russian) in the region. Making the case for state formation in the absence of preparation for war, the author also stresses, in contrast to recent contributions that decentre the state, the need to study the process whereby the effect of state coherence is produced. While focusing on Wallachia, this book provides valuable reading for those interested in early modern administrative and legal history, the history of state formation, and Southeast European history more generally. Vasile Mihai Olaru is a researcher at the “George Bariţiu” Institute of History of the Romanian Academy, Romania. His research interests include early modern history, state formation, the history of corruption, and historiography. Previously, he studied at Central European University in Budapest, where he received his PhD. Europe History 1492-. 68968 Imperialism. 45663 Law History. 67597 World politics. 58105 World history. 65220 History of Early Modern Europe. 68969 Imperialism and Colonialism. 71228 Legal History. 72823 Political History. 67817 World History, Global and Transnational History. 66470 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031596254 Printed edition: 9783031596278 Printed edition: 9783031596285 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59626-1 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 65927 65927