Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern AlbaniaOpposite Corfu one can see the mountains of Southern Albania, always difficult to visit, and especially so in the Communist period from 1944 to 1992. This area is called Northern Epirus by the Greeks, and contains many monuments of Greek and Roman civilisation, such as those at Apollonia and Butrint. There are also relics of the Illyrians, claimed by the Albanians to be their ancestors. In the sixth century the Slavs invaded, but the district was recaptured by the Byzantines in the tenth century. There were attacks from the West in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a period of anarchy until the Ottoman invasion in the fifteenth. |
Contents
List of Plates | 7 |
Chronological Table | 13 |
Introduction | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Aetolia Alexander Anatolia ancient authority Balkans Berat border boundaries British Bulgarian Byllis Byzantine called campaign century changed churches civilization claim Clarke clearly coast course death defeated described Devoll difficult district Dyrrachium east Empire Epirote ethnic evidence fairly farther followed frontier gives Greece Greek Greek-speakers Hammond hand helped historians Illyrian important inhabitants inscriptions interesting invasions Italian Italy kind King Korçë Lake land language later Latin less lived Macedonia maps mentioned Molossian mountains Muslim names Northern Epirus noted Ohrid Ottoman particular pass Pelium period Philip plain political present probably Pyrrhus refers remains revolt river road Roman Rome route rule rulers seems side Slav sources Southern Albania speak suggest Thucydides towns travellers tribes Turkish Turks valley various villages Vlachs Western World writing
References to this book
The Crescent and the Eagle: Ottoman Rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874-1913 George Gawrych No preview available - 2006 |