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Kosovo Origins
by Hugo Roth
 
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Bibliography and Map Sources
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GENERAL BIBIOGRAPHY
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CAPTIONS TO ILLUSTRATIONS
1. In medieval Serbia, the region of "Kosmet" comprised approximately the central part of the Serbian lands. Today, in the disposition which has arisen after the secession of some of the Yugoslav republics, that region is of a border character, bounded towards neighbouring states by difficult to traverse mountains whereas its eastern flank, with its gentle, natural plateau, opens towards Serbia.Kosovo, Kosmet, Kosovo and Metohia are, in practice, names that have been imposed on old Serbian regions whose historical names reflect their natural surroundings and not some political construct. It is confirmation that the coining of the portmanteau name, Kosmet, was a reflection of a cliched and unthought-out act of cheap politics whose consequences are still eating away at the fabric of the organism.
2-4. The northern regions of present day Albania were, during the time of most of the medieval Serbian rulers within the confines of their states as is shown on maps from historical atlases and a Turkish map of the Balkans from 1355 and Serbian map shows that the entire territory of present day Albania was included within Dusan's empire.
7-9. From the fifteenth century, after the appearance of the portolan (chiefly Italian) maps, the European term, Albania, came into use for the area, somewhat smaller, now occupied by the present day Albanian state. Representative of these were G. A. Vavasori (1539), De Waal (1663), G. Cantelli (1690) but A. Ortelius (1590) omitted Albania as did N. Sanson (1694) preferring to list the names of the tribes of that and neighbouring regions.
10. The plan for a "Great Albania" with one capital poses the question as to which city would be the capital. Namely, could the present capital, Tirana, represent the "future planned empire" or would it be necessary to "transfer Pristina to Tirana or perhaps Tirana to Pristina". It is clear that some very material and tangible desires stand behind the proclaimed ethnic aims.
11-12. These two maps are very useful sources for learning about the area of the authentic Illyria immediately prior to and just after the birth of Jesus. It is clear that the so-called real IIlyrian regions were not to be found in Kosovo, Metohija or in the interior of Serbia. The Albanians were directed there not only as a result of "chance" and misfortune but also by foreign powers when that was in the latter's interest.
13. Timewise, the idea of the "green transversal" evolved very quickly into ideas about uniting the Islamic area in the south of Europe, especially in the Balkans. It remains to be seen whether this idea will be realised or thwarted and that will probably depend less on the Moslems and the Balkan peoples and more on international politics and factors. |
