... Balkan Christian population and over throw Turkish rule throughout the Peninsular. 2) A Wallachian peasant insurrection directed against the tyranny and exploitation of the Phanariot hospodars and the native boyars. Their goals were social rather than political, since their grievances were over their taxes and the conditions of landholding. 3) A 'bloodless coup' by Maldo-Walachian nationalist boyars who sought an end to Phanariot rule, autonomy for the Principalities and the reestablishment of native rule. Their attitude to the Porte was ambivalent. They were prepared to consider Ottoman suzerainty. 2 The difficulties encountered in the study of Vladimirescu's revolution stem from confusion over which one of these causes motivated the revolutionary leader. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that, as the fortunes of the uprising changed so did the aims and allegiances expressed by Vladimirescu. This essay will chart the events of the 1821 uprising in Wallachia in order to try ...

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