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21. The massacre of the boyars
(The massacre of the boyars)
...  tells how Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) impaled anyone who was found guilty, nobles, soldiers and priests - no exceptions. The same book indicates he was trying to eliminate from society, people in poverty ...
Created on 27 November 2013
22. Targoviste – Princely Court
(Targoviste – Princely Court)
...  of Wallachia. In 1436, Vlad Dracul, the father of Vlad Dracula Tepes (the Impaler), became ruler of Wallachia and moved to the Royal Court in Targoviste. Due to political reasons, Vlad Dracula Tepe ...
Created on 01 July 2013
23. Bran Castle
(Bran Castle)
Commonly known as Dracula's Castle, the Bran Castle was originally a stronghold built by the Knights of Teutonic Order in 1212. The first documentary attestation of the Bran Castle is the act issued o ...
Created on 01 July 2013
24. The Nobleman with the Keen Sense of Smell
(Stories of Dracula)
On St. Bartholomew's Day (sometime in August) in 1459, Dracula caused thirty thousand of the merchants and nobles of the Transylvanian city of Brasov to be impaled. In order that he might better enjoy th ...
Created on 01 July 2013
25. The Lazy Woman
(Stories of Dracula)
Dracula once noticed a man working in the fields while wearing too short a caftan. The prince stopped and asked the man whether or not he had a wife. When the man answered in the affirmative, Dracula had ...
Created on 01 July 2013
26. The Foreign Ambassadors
(Stories of Dracula)
There are at least two versions of this story in the literature. As with the story of the two monks, one version is common in the German pamphlets and views Dracula's actions unfavorably while the othe ...
Created on 01 July 2013
27. The Polish Nobleman
(Stories of Dracula)
Benedict de Boithor, a Polish nobleman in the service of the King of Hungary, visited Dracula at Târgoviste in September of 1458. At dinner one evening Dracula ordered a golden spear brought in and set ...
Created on 01 July 2013
28. The Two Monks
(Stories of Dracula)
... as representatives of a foreign power by Dracula. In other versions of the story the monks were from a Romanian Eastern Orthodox establishment (thus, from the indigenous Church). Dracula's motivation als ...
Created on 01 July 2013
29. The Foreign Merchant
(Stories of Dracula)
A merchant from a foreign land once visited Dracula's capital of Târgoviste. Aware of the reputation for honesty in Dracula's land, he left a treasure-laden cart unguarded in the street over night. Returni ...
Created on 01 July 2013