On the Despotate of the Morea’s Service: The Participation of Albanian Population in the Political Events in the Peloponnesos in the First Half of the Fifteenth Century

In the late fourteenth century, Albanian tribes moved from Thessaly and settled in Peloponnesos getting permission Despotes of Morea, Theodore I Palaiologos (1383–1407). Although this migration changed ethnic situation despotate, it solved some economic demographic problems. particular, Albanians replenished army despotes. This article analyzes participation political events Despotate Morea first half fifteenth century. The aim is to reveal whether warriors really got a privileged status determine their significance for policy despotai Morea. source base research fifteenth-­century Byzantine epistolary narrative sources, as well official documentation rulers It has been revealed that actively encouraged military service, thus contributing promotion despotate. A significant number were involved defense peninsula Ottoman Turks. Despite privileges granted leaders, remained strangers Romaioi: long mid-fifteenth they particular group population Morea; soon an opportunity, rebelled against declared themselves independent force