Texts and Documents of Albanian History

Robert Elsie

Texts and Documents of Albanian History
1800 — 1849

1806 François Pouqueville: Travels in Epirus and Albania François Pouqueville, French consul in Janina, gives an account of his travels through Epirus and southern Albania at the time of Ali Pasha of Tepelena.

1809 Lord Byron: Letters on Albania The English poet writes home describing his meeting in Janina with the formidable tyrant, Ali Pasha of Tepelena, and the attempts of the tyrant’s son to seduce him.

1809 John Hobhouse: A Meeting with Ali Pasha in Tepelena Lord Byron’s friend and travelling companion, John Hobhouse, describes their meeting with Ali Pasha of Tepelena in October 1809 and provides an account of the pasha’s life.

1812 Peter Oluf Brønsted: Interviews with Ali Pacha of Joanina Danish archaeologist Peter Oluf Brønsted narrates his meeting with Ali Pasha in Preveza in late 1812.

1812-1813 Henry Holland: Travels in the dominions of Ali Pasha British travel writer Henry Holland offers a biography of Ali Pasha and a description of his journey from Janina to Tepelena.

1814 Charles Cockerell: Travels in Southern Europe British archaeologist and writer Charles Cockerell narrates his visit from Preveza to Janina, then in southern Albania, and his meeting with Ali Pasha.

1830 Benjamin Disraeli: Letter on a Visit to Albania Benjamin Disraeli, later to be British prime minister, describes his journey to Arta and Janina, then in southern Albania, and his awe at entering the divan of the Great Turk.

1831 David Urquhart: The Spirit of the East Scottish political figure David Urquhart visits southern Albania in November 1831 and gives an account of his journey overland from Gjirokastra to Tepelena, Berat, Kavaja and Durrës.

1834 Robert Curzon: Through Albania on the Road to Meteora English scholar Robert Curson passes through Paramythia and Janina, then in Albanian Epirus, on his way back from the Levant.

1836 Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer: The Early Albanian Settlement of the Peloponnese A then controversial study of the 13th-14th century migration of Albanian tribes to southern Greece and their settlement in the Peloponnese.

1841 Nicolay, Prince of the Vasoyevich: Brief Information on the Tribes of High Albania A first-hand account of the highland tribes of Albania and Montenegro, given by a Montenegrin author.

1841 Nicolay, Prince des Wassoevitch: Notice abrégée sur les tribus de la Haute Albanie ... Description des tribus dans la région frontalière entre l’Albanie et le Monténégro par un auteur monténégrin.

1848 Edward Lear: The Devil Writes English poet and painter Edward Lear, on an originally unplanned painting tour of Albania, gives us an account of his visit to Elbasan and Tirana.

1848 James Henry Skeene: The Albanians Scottish diplomat James Henry Skeene provides an ethnological study of the Albanians, as they were seen in the mid-19th century.

 

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