Scanderbeg and the European civilization

Abstract

Every anniversary of events or of big national personalities is always a good impetus to further reflect and deepen more in their study, to extract new point-of views in their less illuminated sides.
The 550 anniversary of Gjergj Kastrioti's death is such a great motive. Scanderbeg's war against the Ottoman sultans is a remarkable epoch in the Albanian history that has been source of inspiration for the Albanian and foreign scholars involved in the field of history, literary and artistic creativity since the XVI century. It has been written so much about him that it would be very hard for every author to report new elements as a real contribution to this part of history. However, the efforts to show Scanderbeg and his age as a multidimensional radiance theme that always offers new possibilities of objective and neutral feelings when writing about. Therefore the present manuscript aims to re-dimension the European character of the Albanian resistance against
the Ottoman invasion under the leadership of the national hero in the framework of the 550 anniversary of Scanderbeg's death.