Chandra Prakash Bhongir, Civil Engr, May04 - Repositories

Also, with regards to women Scanderbeg’s codes provisioned that a woman had the
right to the land she was given upon marriage and if divorce occurred she had the
rights to half of her husband’s property. 35
It would be futile to write of Scanderbeg’s success in his stand agains the
Ottoman Empire, without emphasizing the help he received from the Vatican and the
popes. George Castriota realized that to fight the Ottomans and regain his possessions
in Albania he had to have the monetary support of the popes and unlike his father,
Scanderbeg, placed importance to religion. His outward practice of Christianity was a
key factor in collecting Christian support from the West. Upon summoning the
bishops to pray for the deliverance of Croya, Scanderbeg had reportedly seen a vision
of Saint George the Patron State of Albania. 36 His religious behavior did not go
unnoticed by the West. Indeed, when he visited Vatican in 1451, Te Deums were sung
in his honor. 37 In December 1457, Scanderbeg’s primary ally was Pope Calixtus III.
Their relationship was close.
35
Haxhihasani, Qemal, Tregime dhe Kenge Popullore per Skenderbeun, (Tirane: Universiteti
Shteteror i Tiranes, 1967): 34.
“Femija qysh se len e ka tenin nja per nja me te madhin.” …“Me kanun te Skenderbeut,
grueja mundet me u nda pa hise vetem per bracallek e per pune te panershme, per ndreshje grueja merr
zhimsen e tokes se burrit dhe pjesen e gjas se ene jo ka mundin e vet per plang te shpajs.”
430.
36 Anthony Bryer, “Scanderbeg, National Hero of Albania”, History Today 12(June 1962):
37 Kurt William Treptow, Of Saints and Sinners: Native Resistance to Ottoman Expansion in
SouthEastern Europe: 1443-1481: George Castriota and Vlad II Dracula, Ph.D. diss., (University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995): 339.
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