VENEDIKU DHE SKËNDERBEU, NË LUFTË E NË PAQE. (Albanian)
In: Studime Historike, Jg. 72 (2018), Heft 1/2, S. 73-98
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The friction in the relations of George Castrioti Scanderbeg with the Republic of Venice started because of the different viewpoints they had on the principal issue of the time -- i.e., the attitude towards the ottoman Turks who threatened to penetrate deep into Europe. Scanderbeg believed that establishing a strong Albanian state and increasing its geopolitical importance by controlling Via Egnatia and the Strait of Otranto which could lead the ottomans to Europe, was crucial for the fight against the Turks. Actually it was his determination in fighting the Turks that brought him praise and reputation at home and abroad. The Republic of Venice, on the contrary, had had until then a history of special relations with the ottomans characterized by the tendency to come to terms and to avoid clashes with them. Although after 1463 it seemed as if Venice moved closer to Scanderbeg's attitude and that of the other western powers, the inclination for closer relations and peace with the Turks is obvious even after that date. Another reason that poisoned the relations between Scanderbeg and Venice came from the fact that by the time the Albanian hero returned to Albania and started his efforts to establish the Albanian state, the Republic had occupied and controlled the main Albanian towns, preventing him from making use of a necessary element for the development and international recognition of that state. Scanderbeg tried to free himself from the isolation that the Republic had forced him into by attempting to get Dania, Antivar, Drisht, Durres and Berat. However engaging in war in several fronts was not to his advantage in fighting the Venetians. The latter had their own reasons to remain distant, distrustful and hostile to Scanderbeg. His project to create a strong and unified Albanian state went against the interests of the Venetians who wanted to have to deal with small and weak Albanian provinces, in conflict and war with one another, thus easier to be controlled and influenced by the Republic. To this end, Venice worked mainly to weaken and undo the state structure that Scanderbeg managed to build in the League of Lezha in 1444, by persuading and separating from Scanderbeg powerful noble families such as the Dukagjini, the Span, the Cernojevic, the Arianit, the Topia etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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VENEDIKU DHE SKËNDERBEU, NË LUFTË E NË PAQE. (Albanian)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | XHUFI, PËLLUMB |
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Zeitschrift: | Studime Historike, Jg. 72 (2018), Heft 1/2, S. 73-98 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2018 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0563-5799 (print) |
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