Gheorghe Asachi (“GYOR-gay ah-SAH-kee”) popularized romantic depictions of this person, including historical fiction and a now-lost painting. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Voivode (“VOY-vohd”) of Moldavia whose campaigns against Mehmed II have made him a popular figure among both Moldovan and Romanian nationalists.
ANSWER: Saint Stephen the Great [or Stephen III; prompt on Stephen; reject “Saint Stephen”]
[10m] After he defeated a revolt by his uncle Peter III Aaron, Stephen the Great executed many members of this class who had supported his uncle. Nobility of this class were subjected to a “beard tax” in another country.
ANSWER: boyars [or bolyars]
[10e] Stephen attempted to prop up the Unio Trium Nationum that constituted this region north of Wallachia. Stephen was an ally of Vlad the Impaler, who inspired Dracula, a fictional resident of this region in northwest Romania.
ANSWER: Transylvania [or Ardeal; or Erdély]
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