The paper discusses the issue of Albanian ethnonym in Middle Ages, starting from fact that today they use Shqipetar for themselves and other peoples know them as Albanians. It first points out possibility former name was among Albanians already 14th century, then historical sources 11th to century. Since it originated geographical term Arbanum conditioned by it, question arises ?f how ancestors...

antiquity The era of ancient (from the Western perspective, mostly the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean) civilizations extant between prehistory and the Middle Ages. determinism A doctrine claiming that human actions are determined by external factors; its prominent varieties include environmental and geographic determinism. early modern world The period immediately following the Middle Ages, v...