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Albanian Culture
A culture shaped by mountain isolation, five centuries of Ottoman rule, and fifty years of enforced separation.
In einfachen Worten
The Kanun was a set of unwritten rules that people in the northern mountains lived by for hundreds of years, covering property, marriage, hospitality and disputes. It also contained rules about blood feuds, which is the part it is most often remembered for. It was written down in the 20th century.
Einfache Erklärung
The Kanun was a set of unwritten rules that people in the northern mountains lived by for hundreds of years, covering property, marriage, hospitality and disputes. It also contained rules about blood feuds, which is the part it is most often remembered for. It was written down in the 20th century.
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Erläuterung
Understanding the Kanun
A body of customary law that governed the northern highlands for centuries — and the part of it that everyone has…
Quellen
- Wikipedia —
Kanun (Albania) — English Wikipedia
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