I recently read a book that, however uncritically I consider the word, I cannot call it anything other than wonderful. It is called Romania foreverhas about 250 pages, appeared in the publishing house Corinth-history-Romanian authors and this means the transcription of an extremely wonderful dialogue that the historian, today an academic, Giorgetta Filitti and her younger colleague Simone Preda have been preserving for several months. Yes, that is well said classmate because even if now Simona Preda recommends being a journalist, being a native of Vasa, as they say, historian of the moment, has the degree of candidate of historical sciences. Most likely, a Ph.D really, this is evident from the quality of the questions addressed to his illustrious interlocutor. A person who proved by all his actions that such qualities as honesty, justice, civilized behavior in society are by no means empty words. Attributes that, in the final part of the dialogue, Giorgetta Filitti lists as a symbol of the highest values ​​that guided her in life. Associating them with character and erudition.

Born into a family with a history herself, Giorgetta Filitti still managed to overcome the obstacle presented problem file, a modern obstacle in the 50s, and he went, starting in the fall of 1956, on courses at the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest. He graduated from the university in 1961, when, as his lordship himself testifies, he had no official access to the works of Nicolae Yorga, Gheorghe Bratianu or Ion Filitti, then banned historians. She was appointed a researcher at the Institute of History, which from a certain point was named after Mykola Iorga. In his youth, he succumbed to human weakness and turned to a fortune teller. Who foretold him three marriages. That’s exactly how it was, because those with archaeologist Yura Casimir and historian Manole Filitti were associated with History. The third and marriages registered in the registers of civil status were also happy. They allow the scientist to get to know many of those who, over time, became the subject of analysis, research and, often, even admiration. Yura Casimir and, especially, Manole Filitti were today’s mentors and professional models of the academician, adding to them those researchers of the past who, released from communist prisons in 1964, became her colleagues at the above-mentioned Institute of History. Mykola Iorga.

What is the name of a book that reproduces, in a colloquial manner, the trajectory of approximately three centuries of Romanian history, and especially of its elite, from the 18th century to the present day? Romania forever? Because, after all, several ideas-forces are essentially argued in its content. First of all, the three Romanian provinces, despite historical ups and downs, were one whole. It is emphasized as such even through tiny details, such as the circulation of some cooking recipes. Secondly, because in 250 pages, Giorgetta Filitti argues for the consistent and undeniable European path of the country. “…I insist that we did not join Europe in 2007, that no legal act gives us this European status. Boyarin had a European mentality as a pioneer due to contact with Europe for more than a hundred years.”

How were the beginnings of this contact consumed? What were the reigns of the Phanariots really like? Were the Phanariots as ignorant and cultured as those who went to school during the communist period told us? How were Western influences first seen in changes in the habits and clothing of the upper classes? How big was the influence of France? In habits and mentality. How it manifested thanks to the Russian officers who arrived here especially during the period of organic regulation. What were the main merits of Paschoptists in the process of Europeanization? What is the truth about Mr. Uniriy Alexander Ioan Kuza and under what conditions was he removed from the throne of the country? How was the dynastic solution achieved and how did the monarchs behave? Charles I, Ferdinand, Charles II and Michael. Where does the madness of Carol II come from for Elena Lupescu? What were the queens Elizabeth, Mary, Elena, outside the pious legends? Who were Mykhailo Kogelnichyanu, Bielchescu, Ion Gica, K. A. Rosetti, Bratieni, Alexandru Margiloman, Bibesti, Cantacuzini? What was Enescu and what is the truth about the mad love of this great man coureur des dames for Maruka Cantacuzino? How did Naye Ionescu make history? How did Giorgetta Filitti get to know Eugene Ionesco, Choran, Neagu Juvara thanks to her husband Manole? And what about Cornelius Kopos, Ion Ratsius or Alexander Paleologos? Do we have elites today? What will be their role? What role can education play today and how should it be understood? Read the whole article and comment on Contributors.ro