Their tribal codes are recorded in a Medieval text known as the Kanun. The Kanun dictates many facets of life, one of which is the custom known as ‘blood feud.’
Caucasia and the Second Byzantine Commonwealth: Byzantinization in the Context of Regional Coherence
July 9, 2012 By
The Romano-Byzantine landscape was forever changed in the seventh century with Heraclius’ defeat of Sasanian Iran, the Arabs’ wresting of the Near East from the Byzantines, the removal of the Monophysite problem from Byzantium proper, and the massive devastation
brought by this ferocious cycle of warfare.
Caucasia and the First Byzantine Commonwealth: Christianization in the Context of Regional Coherence
July 8, 2012 By
Since at least the Iron Age, and perhaps much earlier, Caucasia has been a cohesive yet diverse zone of cross-cultural encounter and shared historical experience. Despite their linkage by a web of interconnections which was as dense as it was durable, the peoples inhabiting the isthmus between the Black and Caspian Seas have seldom exhibited a conscious regional identity in their oral, written, and visual monuments.
Stradioti: Balkan Mercenaries in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Italy
March 11, 2012 By
This paper will investigate the origins of the stradioti, their ethnic and regional composition, their role in the armies of the 15th and 16th centuries, and their participation in the founding of Greek Orthodox Communities in the Italy and elsewhere.
Scientists discover existence of brucellosis disease in the Middle Ages
January 3, 2012 By
The scientists are the first to confirm the existence of brucellosis, an infectious disease still prevalent today, in medieval skeletal remains.
The Myth of the “Invincibility” of the Norman Cavalry Charge in the Eleventh Century: a Comparative Analysis of the Battles of Hastings (1066) and Dyrrachium (1081)
November 21, 2011 By
Did the Normans simply implement the same battle tactics they successfully used in Northwest Europe when they went to Italy?
Look to the East: The Cult of the Pagan Past in Hungarian Literature
August 14, 2011 By
While the survival of the young country under the reign of chief Géza and his son, King Stephen I, undoubtedly depended on the conversion of the Hungarians, in the sphere of unrealistic speculations, dreams and wishes – that is, a sphere that literature knows well – now and again we have to face the question: what if?
The Battle of Kosovo: Early Reports of Victory and Defeat
January 5, 2011 By
The Battle of Kosovo: Early Reports of Victory and Defeat By Thomas A. Emmert Kosovo: Legacy of a Medieval Battle, eds. Wayne S. Vucinich and Thomas A. Emmert (Minnesota, 1991) Abstract In popular interpretation it was defeat at the Battle of Kosovo which brought about the disintegration of the medieval Serbian empire. Careful analysis of […]
Regnum Albaniae, the Papal curia, and the Western visions of a borderline nobility
November 15, 2010 By
Regnum Albaniae, the Papal curia, and the Western visions of a borderline nobility By Etleva Lala PhD Dissertation, CEU, Budapest College, 2008 Abstract: Almost all the territories of the Southwestern Balkans became Catholic in the second half of the fourteenth century. This success of Catholicism in this region, which was on the cost of the […]
The Genoese citizenship of Carlo I Tocco of December 2, 1389
January 24, 2010 By
The Genoese citizenship, granted to Carlo I Tocco and his regent mother Magdalene by the authorities of the Republic of Genova (December 2, 1389) is a document the existence of which is widely accepted in the scholarly circles despite the fact that the details of its content have still remained largely unknown.
The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian Epic
July 6, 2009 By
The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian Epic By Anna Di Lellio; with translations by Robert Elsie IB Tauris, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-84885-094-1 The Battle of Kosovo of 1389 holds enormous significance in the formation of modern Balkan nation states, especially among South Slav and Serbian nationalist circles. What has given this single battle such resonance, […]
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