Coordinates of the evolution of the political elite of Moldavia in the first half of the 15th century

The evolution of the Moldavian political elite, as it was at the beginning of the 15th century, shows clearly that some stages had already been covered since the moment of its formation. Those stages had been directly determined by the socio-political and economic matters and by the particularities of the geographical space. The first three decades of this century were marked by prosperity and balance of power, manifested in the relationship between the domestic political elite and the ruler; from 1432 to 1457 the situation changed into a real internal crisis caused by the fighting between different political groups that supported different claimants to the throne, either legitimate or illegitimate.