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The Sainte-Foy abbey church in Conques. The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques was a popular stop for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago on their way to Santiago de Compostela in what is now Spain. The main draw for medieval pilgrims at Conques were the remains of Saint Faith ("Sainte-Foy"), a martyred young woman from the fourth century.
Statue of Charles I of Naples at the Royal Palace. Charles established Regnum Albaniae after he conquered part the Despotate of Epirus.. After defeating Manfred's forces in the Battle of Benevento in 1266, the Treaty of Viterbo of 1267 was signed, with Charles of Anjou acquiring rights on Manfred's dominions in Albania, [6] [7] together with rights he gained in the Latin dominions in the ...
The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08260-4. Miller, William (1921). "Miscellanea from the Near East: I. Valona". Essays on the Latin Orient. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 429– 441. OCLC 457893641.
The Principality of Valona (1346–1417) was a medieval state roughly encompassing the territories of the modern Albanian counties of Vlorë (Valona) and Berat. Initially a vassal of the Serbian Empire, it became an independent lordship after 1355 until conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1417.
The Albanians appear in medieval Byzantine chronicles in the 11th century, as Albanoi and Arbanitai, and in medieval Latin sources as Albanenses and Arbanenses, [4] [5] gradually entering in other European languages, in which other similar derivative names emerged. [6] At this point, they are already fully Christianized.
The Sainte-Foy abbey-church in Conques Church doors and tympanum. The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques, France, was a popular stop for pilgrims traveling the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, in what is now Spain. The main draw for medieval pilgrims at Conques were the remains of Sainte-Foy, a young woman martyred during the ...
The principality emerged with Tanusio Thopia, mentioned in 1329 as the count of Albania. [3] [4] In an act of Robert, King of Naples in 15 April 1338, Tanusio was mentioned as Count of Mat (conte di Matia), [5] [6] [7] which reconfirmed Thopia's relations to the Angevins from the time of Philip I. [6] By 1340 the Thopia controlled much of the territory between the rivers Mati and Shkumbin rivers.
Many scholars note that the Principality of Arbanon was the first Albanian state to emerge during the Middle Ages. [24] [25] [2] Arbanon is generally considered to have retained large autonomy until Demetrius death in 1216, when the principality fell under the vassalage of Epirus or the Laskarids of Nicaea.