C O N T E N T S:

PAG.:
         ELITES, RELIGIONS, CULTURE 
• Ismail Kose
Haghia Sophia In Trabzon
169
• Tsvetana Cholova
Spreading Bulgarian Medieval Manuscripts With Natural Science Content In Wallachia And Moldavia
181
• Ioan Scripcariuc
State And Church In The Organization Of Moldavian Country Until The End Of 18th Century
191
• Vlad Gafita
Some Considerations On The Elites And The Idea Of Nation In Austro-Hungary
203
• Bohdana Labinska
The Peculiarities Of The Direct Method Usage In Teaching Speaking Foreign Languages In Galicia And Bukovina (1890–1918)
219
• Pascal Boisson
The Coal Shipowner Marcesche (1898-1939)
229
• Ionut Bran
The Ukrainian Movement In Bukovina. The Ukrainian National Party
249
         INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 
• Dariusz Milewski
A Campaign Of The Great Hetman Jan Zamoyski In Moldavia (1595). Part I. Politico-Diplomatic And Military Preliminaries
261
• Viacheslav Tsivatyi
The Institutionalization Of The Diplomatic Service Of The European States At The Transition From The Late Middle Ages To The Early Modern Period (Theoretical And Methodological Aspects)
287
• Gheorghe Onisoru
December 1944: A British Mission In Northern Moldavia
295
• Murat Yorulmaz
Russia’s Soft Security Policy: 2000 – 2012
303
• Florin Pintescu, Adrian Botezatu
China At The Beginning Of 3rd Millennium: Geopolitical Perspectives
329
        POLITICS, CONFLICTS, SOCIETY
• Marinel Ovidiu Koch-Tufis
Aspects Of Social Policy Of The Habsburgs In Transylvania (1688 - 1790). Measures For Increase The Number Of Inhabitants Of The Principality
347
• Daniel Hrenciuc
Czernowitz: The Jerusalem Of Bukovina
361
• Alina Felea
A Delicate Topic: Inability Of One Of The Spouses To Pursue A Conjugal Life
381
• Violeta-Anca Epure
Considerations About The Alimentation Of The Inhabitants Of The Pre-1848 Romanian Principalities In The View Of French Consuls And Travelers
389
         BOOK REVIEW
• Constantin Buse
Romanian-Bulgarian Political-Diplomatic Relations
401
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
407
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS411