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Last Renaissance Man: Nicolae Iorga's American Lectures on Europe's Forgotten Frontier

Last Renaissance Man: Nicolae Iorga's American Lectures on Europe's Forgotten Frontier

Iorga, Nicolae

Hardcover

Eastern European HistoryGeneral World HistoryHistoriography

Publisher Price: $29.99

PREORDER - Expected ship date September 29, 2026

ISBN10: 159211802X
ISBN13: 9781592118021
Publisher: Center for Romanian Studies
Published: Sep 29 2026
Pages: 300
Language: English
Nicolae Iorga's masterful study illuminates the Romanian synthesis, revealing how Byzantine heritage, agrarian society, and national identity intertwined to shape Southeastern Europe. This book bridges rigorous scholarship with nuanced historiographical insight, offering an essential resource for historians and students alike.

The Last Renaissance Man: Nicolae Iorga's American Lectures on Europe's Forgotten Frontier is the rediscovery of a major European voice American readers have never properly met.

In 1930, Iorga, one of the most prolific scholars in history, later Prime Minister of Romania, and ultimately assassinated by fascists, delivered a series of lectures at Columbia, Harvard, and Berkeley on democracy, history, and the fault lines between East and West. Reading them now feels uncanny. He's describing a Europe caught between authoritarianism and fragile democratic institutions in ways that feel urgently contemporary.

This edition brings together those lectures for the first time for a general U.S. audience, with an accessible introduction and strong academic pedigree. It's a natural hand-sell for readers of Timothy Snyder and Anne Applebaum, works beautifully for libraries and course adoption, and fills a real gap for customers looking for serious, relevant history beyond the usual Western canon.

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