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EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. V, Issue 7/ October 2017 Impact Factor: 3.4546 (UIF) ISSN 2286-4822 DRJI Value: 5.9 (B+) www.euacademic.org Dimension of Skanderbeg’s relations with the Holy See in the face of Ottoman invasions Prof. Ass. Dr. GJON BERISHA Assistant Professor Institute of History "Ali Hadri", Prishtina Abstract: One of the countries with which Skanderbeg had ongoing relationships and of a particular importance was the Holy See in Rome. In the 15th century, Rome represented, as it does today, the universal center of the Catholic Church (Holy See) and the capital of a powerful political state (papal state). As a Holy See, its jurisdiction extended to all structures of Catholic Church, hence, in Albanian territories as well. The advancement of the Ottoman armies in the Balkans, their approach to the borders of the Catholic Hungary, their outlet on the Adriatic coast, the aim of the sultans to penetrate into Central Europe and to cross the Italian Peninsula, had seriously worried Rome. The concern of Pope Eugene IV (1431-1447) grew even more after the Council of Florence (1439), where his projects for a joint crusade with the Eastern Church prove unsuccessful. It is precisely in these circumstances that Skanderbeg's resistance against the Ottoman armies gained a special strategic, political, military and ecclesial importance for Rome, both as a church and state. This study, mainly based on unpublished sources, those published in Latin and a rich bibliography, will treat the role of the Albanians and their warrior-king, George Kastrioti Skanderbeg in relation to the Holy See in the face of Ottoman invasions. Key words: George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the Holy See, Albania, Ottoman Empire, Pope 3073 Gjon Berisha- Dimension of Skanderbeg’s relations with the Holy See in the face of Ottoman invasions Geographical position of Arbëria (today Albania) between East and West, had led the Holy See to be interested that the Albanian dam resist at all costs to the Turkish-Ottoman invasion. Furthermore, along with Hungary and Bosnia, Arbëria was considered, as Basilio Pandzic writes, one of the three neuralgic points of the Crusade, which Pope Eugene IV had proclaimed on 26 May 1443.1 Skanderbeg, on the other hand, had undisputed interest to ensure support and help of the Papal State. This ground of joint interests laid down political relations between Skanderbeg and the Holy See. Such circumstances would make it possible that the leadership of the anti-Turkish Crusade, which for the time was an international political-military alliance with the aim to preserve the security of European countries against the ottoman invasion, be entrusted to George (Albanian: Gjergj) Kastrioti. First of all, it should be noted that, since there was no divergence of interests between the two parties concerned, this fact enabled Skanderbeg and his diplomats to enjoy the support of the Holy See in their diplomatic and military activity in the service of the Albanian State. Skanderbeg’s first contacts with Pope’s representatives, seemed to have started at least since when the rebellion of 1443 was about to start. But true relations with the Holy See were established some years later, when Skanderbeg proved that he was a prominent captain and that Albanian people should be regarded as an important factor in their anti-Turkish Crusade projects. Such interest of the Holy See for Skanderbeg grew and strengthened especially through the dissemination of Skanderbeg reputation as a strategist in the war against the Turks. It was the loss of the battle of Varna (1443-1444), which ultimately, shifted Pope’s attention to Skanderbeg.2 The failure 1 Basilio Panzić, “I francescani a servizio dell’Albania nell’epoca di Scanderbeg”, V Convegno Internazionale di Studi Albanesi (Atti IX 1968), Palermo: Centro Internazionale Di Studi Albanesi 1968, p.179. 2 In 1444, the sultan negotiated a ten-year truce with the Christians, which the Christians almost immediately violated. Together with King Ladislaus, Hunyadi EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH - Vol. V, Issue 7 / October 2017 3074 Gjon Berisha- Dimension of Skanderbeg’s relations with the Holy See in the face of Ottoman invasions of this joint venture, which gained the support of the Papacy, caused dissatisfaction to the latter. In these circumstances, the Skanderbeg’s emergence on the stage of history, brought a new light to the expectations and plans of the Popes. In the field of foreign partnership, a positive signal came from Rome, since 22 December 1445. Pope Eugene IV appointed Pal Engjëlli (Latin: Paulus Angelus 1416-1470), as the bishop of Drivasto,3 a move which would significantly promote relations with the Pope in the ecclesiastical and diplomatic field. The one, who assessed Skanderbeg as a factor in Rome's projects, was the successor of Eugene IV, Pope Nicholas V (1447-1455), who as soon as ascending St. Peter's throne (1447), started to think about Albania that represented a hope for Christian Europe, which in turn, was posed to the Turkish threat. Skanderbeg, who had always had as a fundamental objective - the liberation of his country’s territories and the Crusade, chose to follow the emergence of its main inspirer, namely the Pope. On the other hand, revival of the Crusade would somehow diminish confrontations between Italian states (the hostility of the Duke of Milan and Naples with Venice) and would give to Skanderbeg the opportunity to attract attention. The ensuing events, would soon confirm such approach of Skanderbeg to the Pope and Alfonso V of Aragon. marched through Bulgaria, determined once and for all to drive the Turks out of Europe. The crusaders made steady progress, though Ottoman resistance increased as they pushed closer to the capitol at Edirne. Then, on November 10, 1444, at the city of Varna on the banks of the Black Sea, they met the army of Murad himself. Outnumbered four to one, the Christians were put to rout, and Ladislaus was killed on the field. Hunyadi barely escaped with his life. On the way home, he fell into the hands of the Wallachian ruler Vlad Dracul. There was apparently no love lost between the two men, and Vlad kept him prisoner for some time in Wallachia. Upon reaching home, Hunyadi took his place in the interim government, a panel of noblemen. In 1446 they chose Albert’s young son, Ladislaus V, as the new king. As Ladislaus was a six-year-old child (and, until 1452, a virtual hostage in Vienna), Hunyadi ruled Hungary as regent. (Kenneth M. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, vol.II: The fifteenth century, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1978, pp.82-90; Joseph Held, Camden, N. I, “Hunyadi’s Long Campaign and the Battle of Varna 1443-1444”, Ungarn-Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für die Kunde Ungarns und verwandte Gebiete, Band. 16 (Munchen 1988) pp. 13, 23-24.) 3 Statutet dhe urdhëresat e Kapitullit të Kishës Katedrale të Drishtit, prepared by M. Ahmeti dhe E. Lala, Tiranë: OMBRA GVG 2009, p. 83. EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH - Vol. V, Issue 7 / October 2017 3075 Gjon Berisha- Dimension of Skanderbeg’s relations with the Holy See in the face of Ottoman invasions Since 20 June 1447, this same Pope sent the Franciscan Antonio de Oliveto as "nuncio of the Apostolic See in the areas of Arberia and Dalmatia" (ad partes Albaniae et Sclavoniae), who may be the first Apostolic nuncio coming officially as such in Albania, advised to do his utmost to convince the Christian proponents to provide their support in the war against the Turks led by George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, where it is explicitly cited: "let’s give to our beloved son, the noble man George Kastrioti - lord in Albania, our support and help against the Turks",4 while promising that through such a help they would be released from censorship and those who were under the authority of the Holy See. After a while, the Pope took the opportunity to extol Skanderbeg publicly. In a papal brief issued on 12 July 1447, which he handed over to the Nuncio in question, the Pope congratulated Skanderbeg for the successful war he was waging against the Turks; he called him "very strong athlete in defense of the Christian faith (Orthodoxae fidei fortissimus Athleta) in defense of the Christian faith and "fearless warrior " (intrepidus pugil)5 in defense of honor, growth and stability of the Christian religion in towns and villages of Albania, and especially in the town of Kruja. This may be the first official act by which the Holy See entered into relationships with Skanderbeg. Above all, it's a testament to his longevity that he survived long enough to have three Popes give him sweet nicknames while basically being involved in a never-ending war with a significantly more-powerful adversary. 4 In the letter he wrote: “... nostrum et Sedis apostolicae Nuncium, ad praesens mittimus, cupientes illas tibi iacere concessiones, in quarum vim christifidelibus carum partium tu possis gratiorem reddere ac utiliorem... Caeterum, quia cupimus dilecto filio, nobili viro Georgio Castrioto, Domino in Albania, a fidelibus christianis favores et praesidia praestari adversus Turcas...”, Bullarium Franciscanum continens constitutiones, epistolas, diplomata Romanorum pontificum Eugenii IV et Nicolai V ad tres ordines S. P. N. Francisci spectantia. Collegit et edidit Fr. Ulrichus Hüntemann O.F.M. lector iubilatus. Nova Series. Tomus I. (1431–1455). Ad Claras Aquas (Quaracchi), MCMXXIX, doc.1071, p.540; Panzić, “I francescani a servizio dell’Albania”, pp. 185-186. 5 Fan Stylian Noli, George Catrioti Scanderbeg (1405-1468), Boston, 1945, pp.200-201. EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH - Vol. V, Issue 7 / October 2017 3076 Gjon Berisha- Dimension of Skanderbeg’s relations with the Holy See in the face of Ottoman invasions In an effort to uphold Skanderbeg’s prestige among members of the League, Pope Nicholas V was also engaged in the reconciliation of Skanderbeg with Dukagjini family aware that the conflict between them had arisen also as a result of pressures exerted by Venice on Pal and Lek Dukagjini, to urge them against the Albanian League.
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