The period between the middle of 17th and the middle of 18th Centuries finds Tara Moldova at the moment when the humanist elite begins to show a nation consciousness, which is a reflex of a non medieval conception. One of the problems to be solved by that time was the one of an ideal Voivode for Tara Moldova, who would create a society of wellbeing through an uncommonly perfect system. The problem was already widely discussed throughout Europe, where problems of political tyranny, relations between princes and subjects, high morality of princes were debated upon and were consequently reflected on Tara Moldova.

The image of Voivodes of Tara Moldova was examined from the point of view of contemporary people of that period, chroniclers, personalities of schools and different traditions, of a high culture, which according to their place in the society created the image of an ideal Voivode and of a one in position. The nobility prescribed numerous possibilities to be in contact with releaser factors or stimulators for changes of sensibilities or mentalities. Lecture, relations with intellectuals and foreign diplomats, trips abroad made changes in the way of feeling and thinking of nobility. The seeking of an ideal in human personality is a characteristic of baroque as life style, being an aspect which expresses the appearance of a new sensibility that intervenes in the humanity model/example. Starting with reality, cultivated men drew up an image of an ideal man, in our case of an ideal prince, whose goal was to show how it should or shouldn’t be, since it’s put into circulation this ideal image starts to influence the collective conception.

It needs to be taken into consideration the fact that Tara Moldova in the middle of 17th - the middle of 18th centuries kept on with the byzantine political tradition. According to the given conception, we’ve already noticed in the chronicles of Grigore Ureche the aspect of an ideal prince/voivode from the point of view of relations with subjects and morality as well as the prosperity of the country with some humanist influences. We will refer to the contemporary men of those times, beginning with Miron Costin, Nicolae Costin, Alexandru Amiras, Nicolae Muste which continue the tradition of the characteristic of an ideal prince image. We will not mention the views of each chronicler as a mental impression of nobility but we will try to take out from the available sources some elements of the upper class mental which reported to the conditions of the material living present themselves as significances for mental representations of the Romanian collective.

The final conclusion is: in the period between the middle of 17th - the middle of 18th century although the byzantine political legacy is maintained, the chroniclers and other contemporary men of that time have been seeking a prince who would contribute to the prosperity and the stability of the country. Noticing some tyrannical, active and inactive reigns, they tried in different ways the framing into the lit up spiritual configuration of Europe:
– A specific feature of prince image was his sacralisation, not specifically in person but in the position as a bearer of supreme power of the country, the fact that still wasn’t an obstacle for the nobility to plot against princes;
– The prince’s power had some limits which the chroniclers as officials of the nobility group attempted to limit by indicating some rules and manners of behaviour, obligations and responsibilities towards the society in general, and towards some social strata in particular.