In this episode we talk about Voivode, diplomat, historian, ethnographer, geographer, writer, musicologist Dimitrie Cantemir (Cantemiroglu in Turkish), one of the most prominent figures of the Enlightenment in Moldova and later on Romania but also important figure in Ottoman and early modern Russian culture.
All images public domain.
Intro and outro - excerpts from Doug Maxewell's Cantus Firmus Monks (public domain available in YouTube's audio library)
