Boyars (Romanian: boier pronounced [boˈjer] ⓘ) were the feudal Wallachian and Moldavian aristocrats. They were the large landowners who owned domains, including whole villages with Romanian serfs and Roma or Tatar slaves. A hereditary title, it was granted by the Hospodar.
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- V. Costăchel, P. P. Panaitescu, A. Cazacu, Viaţa feudală în Ţara Românească şi Moldova (secolele XIV–XVI), Editura Ştiinţifică, Bucharest, 1957
- Ştefan Ionescu, Bucureştii în vremea fanarioţilor, Ed. Dacia, Cluj, 1974
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