Marin Barleti
Marin Barleti Marinus Barletius | |
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Born | c. 1450-1460 |
Died | c. 1512-1513 (age 51–63) |
Nationality | Albanian |
Known for | Author of Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi Epirotarum principis |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Church of St. Stephan |
Marin Barleti (
Life
Barleti was born and raised in Scutari (modern
According to linguist
In 1474, the
Soon after Barleti arrived in Venice, he was given a stall at the Rialto meat market as a temporary means of financial aid. In 1494 became a priest after his theological studies in Venice and Padova, and soon was appointed to serve at St. Stephen's Church in Piovene.
Works
The Siege of Shkodra
Barleti's first work was
The History of Scanderbeg
Barleti's second and largest work was The history of the life and deeds of Scanderbeg, the Prince of Epirus, (
The History of Scanderbeg is considered an Albanian cultural treasure, vital to the formation of Albanian national self-consciousness. A traduction of this work of Barleti is in slavonic, in the Cetinje chronicle. A note at the end of this manuscript says, according to Martinovic (1962) that the author of the text is "Marin from Shkodër of Slavic origin".[10][11]
A Brief History of Lives of Popes and Emperors (disputed)
Barleti's third work is titled, A Brief History of Lives of Popes and Emperors (
Criticism
Barletius' work has inspired chroniclers like Giammaria Biemmi and Theodore Spandounes. It is still popular among romanticist and nationalist historians. Modern historical research on Skenderbeg relies more on archival records than on Barletius.[12]
Barleti invented spurious correspondence between Vladislav II of Wallachia and Skanderbeg, wrongly assigning it to the year 1443 instead to the year of 1444.[13] Barleti also invented correspondence between Scanderbeg and Sultan Mehmed II to match his interpretations of events.[13]
The main public library of Shkodra and a publishing house have been named after Marin Barleti. Also, a university in Tirana, Albania has been established under his name.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-87169-127-9.
...perhaps of Italian origin.
- ^ ISBN 978-99956-87-77-9.
- ^ a b Plasari & Nadin 2022, pp. 94–97.
- ^ Francesco Pall (1938), Marino Barlezio: uno storico umanista
- ^ Zamputi, Injac (2011). "Barleci apo Barleti?". Gjeopolitika (6): 109–15.
- ^ Kadare, Ismail in Marin Barleti (ed. David Hosaflook), The Siege of Shkodra: Albania's Courageous Stand Against Ottoman Conquest, 1478. Tirana: Onufri, 2012. p. v.
- ^ Plasari & Nadin 2022, p. 10.
- ^ Noli, Fan Stilian (1924). Storia di Scanderbeg (Giorgio Castriotta) re d'Albania: 1412-1468 (in Italian). Rome: V. Ferri. p. 7.
- ^ "The History of the Life and Deeds of Scanderbeg, the Prince of Epirus". www.wdl.org. 1508. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ^ Martinović 1962
Rukopis se završava na str. 30a; napomenom da je ovo pisao Marin Skadranin, rodom Sloven, "na u latinskom jeziku velmi učen".
- OCLC 439864504,
Овом Повијешћу и почиње Љетопис, до стр. 30а, гдје стоји напомеана да је ово написао Марин Скадранин, родом Словен на "на (!) у латинском језику велми учен".
- ^ Jeton Omari (2014), Scanderbeg tra storia e storiografia
- ^ ISBN 978-0-87169-114-9,
... The spurious correspondence of July and August 1443, between Ladislas and Scanderbeg (made up by Barletius, who should assigned it to the year 1444) ... He also invented a correspondence between Scanderbeg and Sultan Mehmed II to fit his interpretations of the events in 1461—1463 ...
Sources
- Martinović, Niko S. (1962), Cetinjski ljetopis [Cetinje chronicle] (in Serbian), Cetinje: Izd. Centr. nar. biblioteke NR Crne Gore, from the original on 4 November 2013
- Plasari, Aurel; Nadin, Lucia (2022). Barleti i hershëm sipas një dorëshkrimi të panjohur [The early Barleti - according to an unknown text]. Albanian Academy of Sciences/Onufri. ISBN 978-9928-354-88-4.
External links
- Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi Epirotarum Principis Treasure of the National Library of Albania displayed by The European Library
- Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi Epirotarum Principis Online digital version presented at World Digital Library
- Works by Marin Barleti at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)