Miron Costin
Miron Costin (March 30, 1633 – 1691) was a Moldavian (Romanian) political figure and chronicler. His main work, Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei [de la Aron Vodă încoace] (The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia [from the rule of Aron Vodă]) was meant to extend Grigore Ureche's narrative, covering events from 1594 to 1660. The Chronicles were first published in 1675. He also wrote Istoria în versuri polone despre Ţara Moldovei şi Munteniei (Polish verse history of Moldavia and Wallachia), also known under the title Poema polonă (The Polish poem). Life

Miron Costin was born as the son of a rich Moldavian boyar (Ion or Iancu). He spent his earliest years in Poland, where his family had taken refuge from Ottoman violence in Moldavia. His father had become a Polish magnate, which gave Miron the right to study at the Jesuit College in Bar, then at Kamienec Podolski. He returned to Moldavia in 1653, and became a trainee of the country's treasury. Valued by the administration, he rose quickly, becoming Vornic in 1669 (i.e. : overseer of the Court, with several political responsibilities both inside the state and abroad). In 1691 his relation with Prince Constantin Cantemir deteriorated. He and his brother (Hatman Velicico) were believed to have tried to usurp the throne in Iaşi: both were executed in Roman. Works
 Viiaţa lumii 1672
 The translation of Origines et occasus Transsylvanorum (Lyon, 1667) by Laurențiu Toppeltin of Mediaș
 Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei de la Aron Vodă încoace 1675  German translation
 Chronika ziem Moldawskich y Multanskich (Cronica țărilor Moldovei și Munteniei) (in Polish)
 Istoria în versuri polone despre Ţara Moldovei şi Munteniei (Poema polonă) 1684
 De neamul moldovenilor approx. 1687

External links
 Miron Costin: Grausame Zeiten in der Moldau, Styria 1980 Graz&Vienna&Cologne  Link

References

1633 births
1691 deaths
Moldavian nobility
Moldavian and Wallachian chroniclers
17th-century Romanian historians
Romanian writers in Polish
People executed for treason against Moldavia