Patrimoniul cultural românesc al Mărginimii Sibiului în istoriografie

Abstract:

The study offers a broad view upon the bibliographic references regarding Mărginimea Sibiului, a specific area of 18 Romanian villages around the city of Sibiu, lying at the foot of the Southern Carpathians. The special literature includes the historical studies about Mărginimea Sibiului, the ethnologic and ethnographic approaches concerning the Romanian shepherds from this area, the historiography of Mărginimea’s inner and outer juridical relations, as well as monographies of the localities composing the area. Our historiographical study approaches the following research fields: 1. preoccupations of medieval archaeology regarding the border fortifications in Mărginimea Sibiului; 2. its historiography reflected by studies of medieval and modern history; 3. the historiography regarding the juridical relations of Mărginimea Sibiului; 4. historical biographies from Mărginimea Sibiului; 5. church history; 6. national and confessional statistics from the 18th century; 7. school history of Mărginimea Sibiului; 8. art history: churches and hand- painted icons from Mărginime; 9. the troițe (wayside crosses) heritage of Mărginime; 10. ethnological literature on the shepherds from Mărginimea Sibiului; 11. monographies of the localities in Mărginimea Sibiului; 12. perspectives in promoting the cultural heritage preserved by Mărginimea Sibiului.

Keywords:

Mărginimea Sibiului, historiography, history, ethnology, monographies, Romanian cultural heritage