The Siege of Shkodra (book)

The Siege of Shkodra (De obsidione Scodrensi)
A page from the 1576 Latin version
AuthorMarin Barleti
LanguageLatin (with translations)
SubjectThe Ottoman siege of Shkodra
PublisherBernardino de Vitalibus
Publication date
1504-05
Publication placeRepublic of Venice
Media typePrint

The Siege of Shkodra is a book written by a Shkodran priest, Marin Barleti (also known as Marinus Barletius), about the Ottoman siege of Shkodra in 1478, led personally by Mehmed II, and about the joint resistance of the Albanians and the Venetians.[1] The book also discusses the Ottoman siege of Shkodra in 1474. The book was originally published in 1504, in Latin, as De obsidione Scodrensi.[2] Barleti was an eyewitness of the events.[3]

  1. ^ Nadin, Lucia. Albania ritrovata. Recuperi di presenze albanesi nella cultura e nell'arte del Cinquencento veneto. Tirana: Onufri, 2012, p. 48
  2. ^ Barletius, Marinus. De obsidione Scodrensi. Venice: Bernardino de Vitabilus, 1504.
  3. ^ Elsie, Robert. Historical Dictionary of Albania. Toronto: The Scarecrow Press, 2010. p. 34.