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Scanderbeg - A History of George Castriota and the Albanian Resistanceto Islamic Expansion in Fifteenth Century Europe (Hardcover)
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Scanderbeg - A History of George Castriota and the Albanian Resistanceto Islamic Expansion in Fifteenth Century Europe (Hardcover)
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The struggle of the Albanian people led by George Castriota
Scanderbeg to defend Europe against the assault of the Ottoman
Turks has been much celebrated. For a quarter of a century, from
1443 until his death in 1468, he used his military prowess to
thwart the efforts of the most powerful Empire in the world at the
time to subdue his tiny country. One of the true heroes of the
Middle Ages in Europe, unfortunately the remarkable story of
Scanderbeg remains little known outside of Albania. George
Castriota defended Europe for a quarter of a century and, it can
rightly be said, helped to save Western civilization from being
overrun by Islam and suffering the same fate as the once mighty
Byzantine Empire. This book examines the genius and remarkable
achievements of Scanderbeg who helped shape the identity of the
Albanian people and reveals the important contribution this small
but proud nation has made to European civilization. Although the
challenges have changed over the centuries, the clash of
civilizations, which the history of the Albanian struggle to fend
off the Islamic onslaught illustrates, continues today. As a
result, it is all the more worth noting the contribution that this
tiny land, led by Scanderbeg, made in the fight to preserve Western
culture and civilization. Equally important is the example set by
the Albanian people in ultimately harmonizing these two great
civilizations. A.K. Brackob has a Ph.D. in history from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a specialist on
the history of southeastern Europe during the Middle Ages and
author of Mircea the Old: Father of Wallachia, Grandfather of
Dracula.
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