| dc.description | This essay provides a historical account of the role of oral tradition in passing on from generation to generation an ancient code of customary law that has shaped and dominated the lives of northern Albanians until well into the mid-twentieth century. This traditional body of customary law is known as the Kode of Leke Dukagjini. It represents a series of norms, mores, and injunctions that were passed down by word of mouth for generations and reputedly originally formulated by Leke Dukagjini, an Albanian prince and companion-in-arms to Albania's national hero, George Kastriot Skanderbeg (1405-68). Leke Dukagjini ruled the territories of Pulati, Puka, Mirdita, Lura, and Luma in northern Albania--known today as the region of Dukagjini--until the Ottoman armies seized Albania's northernmost city of Shkoder in 1479. | eng |
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