Iorga's interest in the Balkan crisis was illustrated by two of the forty books he put out that year: "Istoria statelor balcanice" ("The History of Balkan States") and "Notele unui istoric cu privire la evenimentele din Balcani" ("A Historian's Notes on the Balkan Events"). Noted among the others is the study focusing on the early 18th century reign of Wallachian Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu ("Viața și domnia lui Constantin vodă Brâncoveanu", "The Life and Rule of Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu"). That same year, Iorga issued the first series of his "Drum Drept" monthly, later merged with the "Sămănătorist" magazine "Ramuri". Iorga managed to publish roughly as many new titles in 1914, the year when he received a Romanian "Bene Merenti" distinction, and inaugurated the international Institute of South-East European Studies or ISSEE (founded through his efforts), with a lecture on Albanian history.