Ioan C. Filitti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ioan C. Filitti

Romanian historian and diplomat

Date of Birth: 09-May-1879

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1945

Profession: diplomat, heraldist, biographer, literary historian

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Ioan C. Filitti

  • Ioan Constantin Filitti (Romanian pronunciation: [i'on konstan'tin fi'liti], first name also Ion; Francized Jean C.
  • Filitti; May 8, 1879 – September 21, 1945) was a Romanian historian, diplomat and conservative theorist, best remembered for his contribution to social history, legal history, genealogy and heraldry.
  • A member of the Conservative Party and an assistant of its senior leader Titu Maiorescu, he had aristocratic (boyar) origins and an elitist perspective.
  • Among his diverse contributions, several focus on 19th-century modernization under the Regulamentul Organic regime, during which Romania was ruled upon by the Russian Empire.
  • As a historian, Filitti is noted for his perfectionism, and for constantly revising his own works. I.
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  • Filitti had an auspicious debut in diplomacy and politics, but his career was mired in controversy.
  • A "Germanophile" by the start of World War I, he secretly opposed the pact between Romania and the Entente Powers, and opted to stay behind in German-occupied territory.
  • He fell into disgrace for serving the collaborationist Lupu Kostaki as Prefect and head of the National Theater, although he eventually managed to overturn his death sentence for treason.
  • Filitti became a recluse, focusing on his scholarship and press polemics, but was allowed to serve on the Legislative Council after 1926. In his political tracts, written well after the Conservative Party's demise, I.
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  • Filitti preserves the orthodox conservative principles of Maiorescu.
  • His attachment to boyar tradition was expanded into a critique of centralized government, etatism and Romanian liberalism.
  • Toward the end of his life, he supported the dictatorial regime known as National Renaissance Front.

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