Stradioti albanesi al servizio degli Asburgo di Spagna (I): le famiglie albanesi Bua, Crescia e Renesi

Abstract

The aim of this paper (first of a series) is to provide the albanologists with historical data concerning the life and career of prominent Albanian families that were at the service of the Spanish Habsburgs during the 16th and 17th centuries. The notices are original, collected from the General Archives of Simancas (Valladolid, Spain), and most of them unknown till now. This first study is devoted to several members of the Albanian families Bua, Crescia and Renesi.