This chapter looks at the emergence of Albania’s proclamation of
independent statehood in Novembe... more This chapter looks at the emergence of Albania’s proclamation of independent statehood in November 1912—a few weeks into the First Balkan War—through the eyes of two contemporaries, the Franciscan priest Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940) and the English anthropologist and travel writer Edith Durham (1863–1944). Both supported, from different perspectives, the Albanian national movement. At the time, their writings had a strong infl uence on public opinion in Albania, Britain, and wider Europe. Still today, Fishta and Durham hold an undisputed place in Albanian historiography and collective memory.
This book explores the historial role of the Balkan Wars. In Eastern Europe, the two Balkan Wars ... more This book explores the historial role of the Balkan Wars. In Eastern Europe, the two Balkan Wars of 1912/13 had greater importance than the First World War for the construction of nations and states. This volume shows how these “short” wars profoundly changed the sociopolitical situation in the Balkans, with consequences that are still felt today. More than one hundred years later, the successors of the belligerent states in Southeastern Europe memorialize the wars as heroic highlights of their respective pasts. Furthermore, the metaphor that the Balkans were Europe’s “powder keg”, perpetuated at the beginning of the twentieth century in the face of these wars, was reactivated in both the West and the East up through the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. The authors entangle the hitherto exclusive national master narratives and analyse them cogently and trenchantly for an international readership. They make an indispensable contribution to the proper integration of the Balkan Wars into the European historical memory of twentieth-century warfare.
This chapter looks at the emergence of Albania’s proclamation of
independent statehood in Novembe... more This chapter looks at the emergence of Albania’s proclamation of independent statehood in November 1912—a few weeks into the First Balkan War—through the eyes of two contemporaries, the Franciscan priest Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940) and the English anthropologist and travel writer Edith Durham (1863–1944). Both supported, from different perspectives, the Albanian national movement. At the time, their writings had a strong infl uence on public opinion in Albania, Britain, and wider Europe. Still today, Fishta and Durham hold an undisputed place in Albanian historiography and collective memory.
This book explores the historial role of the Balkan Wars. In Eastern Europe, the two Balkan Wars ... more This book explores the historial role of the Balkan Wars. In Eastern Europe, the two Balkan Wars of 1912/13 had greater importance than the First World War for the construction of nations and states. This volume shows how these “short” wars profoundly changed the sociopolitical situation in the Balkans, with consequences that are still felt today. More than one hundred years later, the successors of the belligerent states in Southeastern Europe memorialize the wars as heroic highlights of their respective pasts. Furthermore, the metaphor that the Balkans were Europe’s “powder keg”, perpetuated at the beginning of the twentieth century in the face of these wars, was reactivated in both the West and the East up through the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. The authors entangle the hitherto exclusive national master narratives and analyse them cogently and trenchantly for an international readership. They make an indispensable contribution to the proper integration of the Balkan Wars into the European historical memory of twentieth-century warfare.
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independent statehood in November 1912—a few weeks into the First
Balkan War—through the eyes of two contemporaries, the Franciscan
priest Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940) and the English anthropologist and
travel writer Edith Durham (1863–1944). Both supported, from different
perspectives, the Albanian national movement. At the time, their
writings had a strong infl uence on public opinion in Albania, Britain,
and wider Europe. Still today, Fishta and Durham hold an undisputed
place in Albanian historiography and collective memory.
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independent statehood in November 1912—a few weeks into the First
Balkan War—through the eyes of two contemporaries, the Franciscan
priest Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940) and the English anthropologist and
travel writer Edith Durham (1863–1944). Both supported, from different
perspectives, the Albanian national movement. At the time, their
writings had a strong infl uence on public opinion in Albania, Britain,
and wider Europe. Still today, Fishta and Durham hold an undisputed
place in Albanian historiography and collective memory.