Din Ţara Bârsei şi Cruceburg, prin Cumania, către Moldova

During the 13th century and the early 14th century, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Catholic Church expanded their influence across the Carpathian Mountains, historians placing the core of the Bishopric of Cumania inside Moldavia. The process of the founding of Moldavia has been heavily debated in historiography and was often linked with the consolidation of claimed Romanian petty states from Moldavia, some dating back as far as the XIII century, during the existence of the Bishopric.