Renaissance in Albania
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During a similar time to the European Renaissance, a large cultural awakening occurred in Albania. This period, referred to as the "Albanian Renaissance" or the "Arbëresh Renaissance", stemmed from It
Excerpt from Meshari by Gjon Buzuku, the oldest Albanian book.
Front Cover of the first edition of Cuneus Prophetarum in 1685
A page from the Siege of Shkodra by Marin Barleti
Extract from Gencine-i Raz, a diwan poem of Yahya bey Dukagjini.
Frang Bardhi
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Frang Bardhi was an Albanian Catholic bishop and Old Albanian author from the Renaissance. Bardhi is best known as an author of the early eras of Albanian literature. He served as Bishop of Sapë.
Renaissance in Albania
…language by creating Christian, literary and cultural works. From these authors the most notable were Gjon Buzuku, Pjetër Bogdani, Pjetër Budi, and Frang Bardhi. Gjon Buzuku wrote the first Albanian book, Meshari, in 1555, a translation of the main parts of the Catholic Liturgy into Albanian. The book also…
Frang Bardhi on a 1993 Albanian stamp
The title page of the Apology of Scanderbeg