Shkodra statutes donated to National Museum

TIRANA, Sept. 29 – Italian scholar Lucia Nadin has donated the Albanian National Museum of History an original copy of her recent publication Shkodra Statutes in the electronic version.
The Statutes of Shkodra, one of the eldest documents of medieval Albania has recently been published in two languages, in Albanian and Italian. The new edition of the Statutes of Shkodra, one of the oldest legal documents, gives scholars and historians the possibility to create a better idea on the way law and order functioned in the Albania of in the 15th century. Italian scholar Lucia Nadin suggests that these rare documents should be given special importance.
“The importance of these statutes does not consist only in the legal and historic aspects, but these testimonies are very interesting because they show the social aspect and the way the civil life functioned in the medieval Albania,” said writer Lucia Nadin.
The statutes of Shkodra, Durres, Drishti, Tivari and Budva are a rare testimony of the creation and the way the city-states functioned in the medieval Albania.
Statutes of Shkodra, the outcome of a long-term research work mainly in the archives of Venice, contains laws through which the city was governed since 14th century, and marks an important chapter in the history of Albania.
“The facts and documents indicate Albania’s European roots. The laws, applied at the time, were based on freedom, democracy, and respect of the law,” Mrs. Nadin said.