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- Title
SEIMENI ÎN SLUJBA PRINCIPILOR TRANSILVANIEI ÎN A DOUA JUMĂTATE A SECOLULUI XVII.
- Authors
Ardelean, Florin Nicolae
- Abstract
Initially the seimeni were a group of foreign mercenaries, coming from the regions south of the Danube, in the service of Romanian rulers in the Seventeenth century. Beginning with the reign of Prince George Rákóczi the Second, the seimeni were also present in the Transylvanian army. They were organized as infantry troops armed with fire weapons. Their clothing and weapons were similar in many aspects to those of the Ottoman Janissary. At the court of Prince Michael Apafi the seimeni were a part of the permanent guard of the prince, together with other soldiers of foreign origin (Germans, Polish etc.). In time, local soldiers (Hungarians or Romanians from Transylvania) were accepted among the seimeni changing the ethnic composition of this group of mercenaries.
- Subjects
MERCENARY troops; OTTOMAN Empire; ETHNIC groups; HISTORY of Transylvania, Romania; APAFI, Michael; WEAPONS
- Publication
Banatica, 2012, Issue 22, p119
- ISSN
1222-0612
- Publication type
Article