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Apr 27, 2017 · Was your ancestor a Gypsy? Is there a story in your family that one of your ancestors was a Romany Gypsy? Or have you come across people in your own research that look as though they may led a travelling lifestyle? If so, how can you establish a firm connection with a Gypsy family?
- The Gypsies’ Migration to Europe
- First Attestations on The Territory of Romania
- When Did The Gypsies Arrive in The Romanian Lands?
- The Territory of Romania in The Context of The European Migration of The Gypsies
1Virtually everything that is known about the more distant history of the Gypsies is due to linguistics. After centuries in which the most varied and lurid explanations1 were advanced for the origins and history of this people, with racial and cultural characteristics different to those of the peoples of Europe, in the second half of the eighteenth...
19The earliest written information about the presence of the Gypsies on the territory of Romania dates from 1385. In a deed issued in that year, Dan I, the prince of Wallachia, amongst other things awards to the Tismana monastery the possessions previously belonging to the Vodiţa monastery, which had been given to the latter by the Prince Wladislav...
24In Romanian historiography the appearance of the Gypsies in Romanian territory was linked to the Mongols (Tatars).31 Nicolae Iorga believed that the Gypsies arrived in the Romanian principalities together with the Mongol invasion of 1241.32 Other historians shared this view.33 The Gypsies in the Romanian lands were seen as a legacy of the Tatars....
40Specialist literature on the history of the Gypsies contains some opinions that confer an important role upon Romanian territory in the context of the European migration of the Gypsies during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. According to Carl Hopf, who dealt specifically with the problem of the migration of the Gypsies in a work that appea...
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Aug 12, 2015 · This was the first written account in Western Europe of the people who would come to be known as Gypsies, or Romani. Over the next four centuries, these people, who began their journey in northern India a thousand years prior, would cross every kingdom and principality in Europe.
Jun 4, 2014 · The science prove that gypsy come from India. Their group is originated from north part of subcontinent. Next is to prove by evidence how they come; well-known being the doubt in their ability to do reliable locomotion means.
The word Gypsy is an English term for a people seen as either carefree Romantic wanderers, or lazy untrustworthy lowlifes – both definitely outsiders. Gypsy is a derivative of Egyptian, from where English-speakers thought Gypsies originated.
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The Roma people, often referred to as “gypsies,” are an ethnic group with a rich and complex history that spans centuries and continents. This article delves deep into the origins, history, and culture of the Roma in Romania, providing a comprehensive understanding of this fascinating community.
