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Editor in Chief: Silviu Miloiu, The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies Associate Editors: Crina Leon, Al.I. Cuza University of Iasi Bogdan Schipor, “A.D. Xenopol” Institute of History of the Romanian Academy Editorial Assistants: Costel Coroban, "Grigore Gafencu" Research Center for the History of International Relations and Cultural Studies Alexandra Airinei, Al.I. Cuza University of Iasi Editorial Board: Kari Alenius, University of Oulu, Finland Florin Anghel, Ovidius University of Constanta Mioara Anton, “Nicolae Iorga” Institute of History of the Romanian Academy Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu, Izmir University of Economics Ioan Chiper, “Nicolae Iorga” Institute of History of the Romanian Academy Ana-Maria Despa, "Grigore Gafencu" Research Center for the History of International Relations and Cultural Studies Elena Dragomir, University of Helsinki Carsten Due-Nielsen, University of Copenhagen Jaroslav Dvorak, Klaipeda University Björn M. Felder, Germany Raluca Glavan, Mykolas Romeris University of Vilnius Rebecca Haynes, University College of London Kalervo Hovi, University of Turku Tuomas Hovi, University of Turku Vladimir Jarmolenko, Ambassador Eriks Jekabsons, University of Latvia Saulius Kaubrys, University of Vilnius Artur Lakatos, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca Daniela Larion, Al.I. Cuza University of Iasi Ceslovas Laurinavicius, Lithuanian Institute of History Katalin Miklóssy, University of Helsinki Viatcheslav Morozov, St. Petersburg State University Valters Šcerbinskis, Riga Stradinš University David J. Smith, University of Glasgow Viktor Trasberg, University of Tartu ISSN: 2067-1725 E-ISSN: 2067-225X © Copyright by Asociaţia Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice/The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies Revista Română de Studii Baltice şi Nordice The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies Vol. 10, Issue 2 (2018) Subscription information: Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice [The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies] (RRSBN) is a biannual multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing the results of research in all fields which are intertwined with the aims of The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies (https://balticnordic.hypotheses.org). Annual subscription: Institution Lei 80 € 20 £ 17 $ 28 Individual Lei 60 € 15 £ 13 $ 21 Online: free download (www.arsbn.ro/RRSBN.htm) Ordering information: Asociatia Româna pentru Studii Baltice si Nordice (ARSBN) 35 Lt. 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Quality process: Although by its peer-review process and quality standards we are striving to produce good quality articles, the RRSBN makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the articles presented in print or on the site. © Copyright by Asociaţia Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice ISSN 2067-1725 E-ISSN: 2067-225X TABLE OF CONTENTS Silviu Miloiu Editorial Foreword ....................................................................................................... 5 Nerijus Babinskas Typologies of pre-modern societies beyond feudalism: exploring alternative possibilities and the problem of their applicability in cases of peripheral European societies ........................................................................................................ 9 Darius Žiemelis The comparative analysis of Lithuanian manorial-serf economy and hacienda economic system of Latin America in the context of capitalist world system: from the second half of the 18th to the second half of the 19th centuries ...... 27 Silviu Miloiu On the Pathway to Independence: The Congress of the Representatives of the Lithuanian Military Officers of the Romanian Front (1917) .............................. 67 Bogdan Schipor The German Invasion of Norway, April-June 1940: Romanian Echoes .......... 91 The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies at its tenth anniversary: articles, reviews, notes, interviews, events ............................................................. 109 Call for Papers ............................................................................................................... 137 Editorial Foreword Silviu Miloiu President of the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies, E-mail: [email protected] The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies devotes the first half of this issue to novel social analyses and paradigms tailored on societies on the interference of pre-modernity and modernity. A well- known researcher of the phenomenon, especially as it is reflected in an East-Central European setting, Nerijus Babinskas maintains that feudalism, in contrast to the classical Marxist-Leninist interpretation that had become a canon during the Communist regime, “was not an inevitable stage of pre- modern development of all European societies”. By breaking apart of this ideological conception, Babinskas investigates the pros and cons of four Marxist alternative notions such as Asiatic mode of production, African mode of production, early Central European model or tributary mode of production, and a non-Marxist approach based on Max Weber’s patrimonialism. The author contends that a blending of these interpretations is the way out of the conceptual ossification which over the past decades has led social research in the matter into a deadlock. A case in points is offered by Darius Žiemelis who undertakes the first comparative analysis to date between Lithuanian manorial-serf economy, a subject of his earlier published researches, and hacienda economic systems of Latin America of the modern age. With this investigation the author confirms the lack of theoretical ground of self- sufficient fossilised analytical systems as highlighted in Babinskas’s article. Žiemelis sets his research in a context dominated by the strengthening of manorial-serf economy in Lithuania and hacienda economy in Latin American as a result of the industrial revolution. The puzzle is augmented by the fact that the two cases belonged to self-supporting economic systems. Finding the clue to this analytical dilemma calls precisely for a breakup from traditional interpretations: the two systems were neither wholly feudal nor entirely capitalistic. The author of this foreword approaches the Congress of the Representatives of the Lithuanian Military Officers of the Romanian Front (1917) as a meaningful post on the Lithuanian path to independence. After exploring the historical context and undertaking a conceptual and comparative research the author emphasizes the degree to which the Lithuanian soldiers and officers have grown into a pro-independence action group not dissimilar in their options to the opinions circulated in the intellectual circles. Bogdan-Alexandru Schipor devotes his article to the reflection of the German invasion of Norway of spring and early summer of 1940 in the Romanian mass-media, political and military circles. The author points out to the subordination of Romanian perspectives on this campaign to the overall developments in the West, in the end exploits in Norway being completely overshadowed by the German advance into France that entailed more serious consequences to Romania. Nonetheless, the opinions were generally favourable to Norway and sympathy was shown to this small nation facing a Goliath-like adversary. This issue ends with a summary of the first ten years of our journal. This shall be regarded as a tribute to the many authors who have brought a consistent contribution to the growth of the periodical of the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies. Revista Română de Studii Baltice şi Nordice / The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies, ISSN 2067-1725, Vol. 10, Issue 2 (2018): pp. 9-25. ypologies of pre-modern societies beyond feudalism: exploring alternative possibilities and T the problem of their applicability in cases of peripheral European societies Nerijus Babinskas Vilnius University, Faculty of History, Lithuania, email: [email protected] Abstract Rezumat The most traditional approach of medievalists to Cea mai tradițională abordare a medieviștilor de articulate classification of pre-modern European a realiza clasificarea societăților europene societies is to consider whether particular pre- premoderne este aceea de a stabili dacă o societate modern society is feudal or not. However I argue pre-modernă dată este sau nu feudală. Apreciez that this approach is quite complicated because însă că această abordare este destul de of ambiguity and polysemy of the term. There are complicată din cauza ambiguității și polisemiei at least several Marxist and non-Marxist termenului. Există cel puțin câteva alternative alternatives instead. Transcending the horizon marxiste și non-marxiste. Transcenderea of debates about feudalism proposes more orizontului clasic al dezbaterilor despre creative possibilities and enlarges analytical