| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 478 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: Glimpses of Fifteenth-Century Albania: The Pilgrim Narratives -- Chapter 2: The Kelmendi: Notes on the Early History of a Catholic Albanian Clan -- Chapter 3: An Unknown Account of Ottoman Albania: Antonio Bruni's Treatise on the Beylerbeylik of Rumeli (1596) -- Chapter 4: Crypto-Christianity and Religious Amphibianism in the Ottoman Balkans: The Case of Kosovo -- Chapter 5: Early Modern Albanians in the Hands of the Inquisition -- Chapter 6: Pjetër Bogdani's Cuneus prophetarum (1685): The Work and its Religious Context -- Chapter 7: The 'Great Migration' of the Serbs from Kosovo (1690): History, Myth and Ideology -- Chapter 8: Ali Pasha and Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars -- Chapter 9: British Diplomacy and the League of Prizren, 1878-1880 -- Chapter 10: The First Albanian Autobiography -- Chapter 11: Ernesto Cozzi (1870-1926): A Neglected Figure in Albanian Studies and in the History of Albania -- Chapter 12: Myths of Albanian National Identity: Some Key Elements, as Expressed in the Works of Albanian Writers in America in the Early Twentieth Century -- Notes -- List of Manuscripts -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Albania and Kosovo have long, fascinating histories of connection with the wider European world. These essays explore this history from the 15th century to the 20th, through stories of Italian pilgrims, British diplomats, Albanian village girls converting to Islam, Muslims practising secret Christianity, and Ottoman men enslaving fellow citizens |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed July 28, 2020) |
| SUBJECT |
Albania -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003184
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| Subject |
Albania
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191890185 |
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0191890189 |
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9780192599230 |
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0192599232 |
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