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ON THE CONTRARY, THERE WERE SCATTERED AND ISOLATED SETTLEMENTS OF ALBANIAN TRIBES IN THIS AREA, MOREOVER, THEY WERE NOT DIRECTLY DEPENDENT ON THE SERBIAN STATE. THEIR PRESENCE IN AETOLOACARNANIA WAS BRIEF AND ONLY A FEW TRACES, SUCH AS TOPONYMS, SURVIVE ATTESTING TO THEIR PASSAGE. TOWARDS THE END OF THE 14 TH C. THEY BEGAN TO ABANDON THIS AREA, REMOVING TO EAST CENTRAL GREECE AND THE PELOPONESE.","abstract_html":"IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 14TH C. THE SERBS EXTENDED THEIR STATE, CONQUERING LARGE AREAS OF MACEDONIA, THESSALY AND EPIRUS. HOWEVER, CONTRARY TO WHAT HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED TO DATE, THEY DID NOT CONQUER AETOLIA AND ACARNANIA. THE TERMS"AETOLIA" AND "AKARNANIA" DENOTE EPIRUS IN BYZANTINE SOURCES, AND, AS OUR RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE PRESENCE AND FUNCTION OF A SERBIAN STATE IN AETOLOACARNANIA DURING THIS PERIOD. ON THE CONTRARY, THERE WERE SCATTERED AND ISOLATED SETTLEMENTS OF ALBANIAN TRIBES IN THIS AREA, MOREOVER, THEY WERE NOT DIRECTLY DEPENDENT ON THE SERBIAN STATE. THEIR PRESENCE IN AETOLOACARNANIA WAS BRIEF AND ONLY A FEW TRACES, SUCH AS TOPONYMS, SURVIVE ATTESTING TO THEIR PASSAGE. TOWARDS THE END OF THE 14 TH C. THEY BEGAN TO ABANDON THIS AREA, REMOVING TO EAST CENTRAL GREECE AND THE PELOPONESE.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Κατσαροπούλου, Μελπομένη"],"institution":"Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ)","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1989,"date_issued":"1989","date_published":"1989","updated_at":"2026-07-24T02:24:46Z","subjects":["Aetolia - Acarnania","Albanian settlements","SERBIAN EXPANSION","WEST-CENTRAL MEDIEVAL GREECE","Αιτωλία-Ακαρνανία","ΑΛΒΑΝΙΚΕΣ ΕΓΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ","ΚΕΝΤΡΟΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΜΕΣΑΙΩΝΙΚΗ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ","ΣΕΡΒΙΚΗ ΕΠΕΚΤΑΣΗ","Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες και Τέχνες","Humanities and the Arts","Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία","History and Archaeology"],"languages":["gre"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["10.12681/eadd/1147"],"render_values":[{"text":"10.12681/eadd/1147","href":"https://doi.org/10.12681/eadd/1147","code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1147","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Κατσαροπούλου, Μελπομένη"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["1989"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ)","Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["PhD Thesis"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Aetolia - Acarnania","Albanian settlements","SERBIAN EXPANSION","WEST-CENTRAL MEDIEVAL GREECE","Αιτωλία-Ακαρνανία","ΑΛΒΑΝΙΚΕΣ ΕΓΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ","ΚΕΝΤΡΟΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΜΕΣΑΙΩΝΙΚΗ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ","ΣΕΡΒΙΚΗ ΕΠΕΚΤΑΣΗ","Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες και Τέχνες","Humanities and the Arts","Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία","History and Archaeology"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["gre"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["10.12681/eadd/1147","http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1147"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 14TH C. THE SERBS EXTENDED THEIR STATE, CONQUERING LARGE AREAS OF MACEDONIA, THESSALY AND EPIRUS. HOWEVER, CONTRARY TO WHAT HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED TO DATE, THEY DID NOT CONQUER AETOLIA AND ACARNANIA. THE TERMS\"AETOLIA\" AND \"AKARNANIA\" DENOTE EPIRUS IN BYZANTINE SOURCES, AND, AS OUR RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE PRESENCE AND FUNCTION OF A SERBIAN STATE IN AETOLOACARNANIA DURING THIS PERIOD. ON THE CONTRARY, THERE WERE SCATTERED AND ISOLATED SETTLEMENTS OF ALBANIAN TRIBES IN THIS AREA, MOREOVER, THEY WERE NOT DIRECTLY DEPENDENT ON THE SERBIAN STATE. THEIR PRESENCE IN AETOLOACARNANIA WAS BRIEF AND ONLY A FEW TRACES, SUCH AS TOPONYMS, SURVIVE ATTESTING TO THEIR PASSAGE. TOWARDS THE END OF THE 14 TH C. THEY BEGAN TO ABANDON THIS AREA, REMOVING TO EAST CENTRAL GREECE AND THE PELOPONESE.","ΣΤΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΤΟΥ 14ΟΥ ΑΙ. ΟΙ ΣΕΡΒΟΙ ΕΠΕΚΤΕΙΝΑΝ ΤΟ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΝΤΑΣ ΕΔΑΦΗΤΗΣ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΗΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ, ΤΗΝ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΗΠΕΙΡΟ, ΟΧΙ ΟΜΩΣ ΤΙΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑΣ, ΟΠΩΣ ΔΕΧΟΝΤΑΝ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΩΡΑ ΟΙ ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΕΣ. ΟΙ ΟΡΟΙ \"ΑΙΤΩΛΙΑ\" ΚΑΙ \"ΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ\" ΣΤΙΣ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΠΗΓΕΣ ΔΗΛΩΝΟΥΝ ΤΗΝ ΗΠΕΙΡΟ ΚΑΙΟΠΩΣ ΠΡΟΕΚΥΨΕ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΡΕΥΝΑ ΜΑΣ ΔΕΝ ΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΝ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣ ΣΕΡΒΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣ ΣΕΡΒΙΚΟΥ ΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ. ΑΝΤΙΘΕΤΑ ΕΧΟΥΜΕ ΕΓΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΑΛΒΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΦΥΛΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΟΙ ΟΠΟΙΕΣ ΗΤΑΝ ΣΠΟΡΑΔΙΚΕΣ, ΜΗ ΣΥΝΕΧΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΝ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΙΤΑΙ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΕΞΑΡΤΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΛΒΑΝΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΣΕΡΒΙΚΟ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ. Η ΠΑΡΑΜΟΝΗ ΤΩΝΑΛΒΑΝΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ ΗΤΑΝ ΒΡΑΧΥΒΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΛΑΧΙΣΤΑ ΙΧΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΩΖΟΝΤΑΙ (ΛΙΓΑ ΤΟΠΩΝΥΜΙΑ). ΠΡΟΣ ΤΑ ΤΕΛΗ ΤΟΥ 14ΟΥ ΑΙ. ΟΙ ΑΛΒΑΝΟΙ ΑΡΧΙΣΑΝ ΝΑ ΕΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΠΟΥΝ ΤΗΝΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΚΑΙ ΝΑ ΜΕΤΑΚΙΝΟΥΝΤΑΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ Α. ΣΤΕΡΕΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΟ."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["ΕΝΑ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΜΕΣΑΙΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ: Η ΣΕΡΒΙΚΗ ΕΠΕΚΤΑΣΗ ΣΤΗ ΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΣΤΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΤΟΥ ΙΔ' ΑΙ.","A PROBLEM OF THE GREEK MEDIEVAL HISTORY: THE SERBIAN EXPANSION INTO WEST CENTRAL GREECE IN THE MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:creator":["Κατσαροπούλου, Μελπομένη"],"dc:date":["1989"],"dc:description":["IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 14TH C. THE SERBS EXTENDED THEIR STATE, CONQUERING LARGE AREAS OF MACEDONIA, THESSALY AND EPIRUS. HOWEVER, CONTRARY TO WHAT HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED TO DATE, THEY DID NOT CONQUER AETOLIA AND ACARNANIA. THE TERMS\"AETOLIA\" AND \"AKARNANIA\" DENOTE EPIRUS IN BYZANTINE SOURCES, AND, AS OUR RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE PRESENCE AND FUNCTION OF A SERBIAN STATE IN AETOLOACARNANIA DURING THIS PERIOD. ON THE CONTRARY, THERE WERE SCATTERED AND ISOLATED SETTLEMENTS OF ALBANIAN TRIBES IN THIS AREA, MOREOVER, THEY WERE NOT DIRECTLY DEPENDENT ON THE SERBIAN STATE. THEIR PRESENCE IN AETOLOACARNANIA WAS BRIEF AND ONLY A FEW TRACES, SUCH AS TOPONYMS, SURVIVE ATTESTING TO THEIR PASSAGE. TOWARDS THE END OF THE 14 TH C. THEY BEGAN TO ABANDON THIS AREA, REMOVING TO EAST CENTRAL GREECE AND THE PELOPONESE.","ΣΤΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΤΟΥ 14ΟΥ ΑΙ. ΟΙ ΣΕΡΒΟΙ ΕΠΕΚΤΕΙΝΑΝ ΤΟ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΝΤΑΣ ΕΔΑΦΗΤΗΣ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΗΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ, ΤΗΝ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΗΠΕΙΡΟ, ΟΧΙ ΟΜΩΣ ΤΙΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑΣ, ΟΠΩΣ ΔΕΧΟΝΤΑΝ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΩΡΑ ΟΙ ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΕΣ. ΟΙ ΟΡΟΙ \"ΑΙΤΩΛΙΑ\" ΚΑΙ \"ΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ\" ΣΤΙΣ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΠΗΓΕΣ ΔΗΛΩΝΟΥΝ ΤΗΝ ΗΠΕΙΡΟ ΚΑΙΟΠΩΣ ΠΡΟΕΚΥΨΕ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΡΕΥΝΑ ΜΑΣ ΔΕΝ ΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΝ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣ ΣΕΡΒΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣ ΣΕΡΒΙΚΟΥ ΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ. ΑΝΤΙΘΕΤΑ ΕΧΟΥΜΕ ΕΓΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΑΛΒΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΦΥΛΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΟΙ ΟΠΟΙΕΣ ΗΤΑΝ ΣΠΟΡΑΔΙΚΕΣ, ΜΗ ΣΥΝΕΧΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΝ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΙΤΑΙ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΕΞΑΡΤΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΛΒΑΝΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΣΕΡΒΙΚΟ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ. Η ΠΑΡΑΜΟΝΗ ΤΩΝΑΛΒΑΝΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ ΗΤΑΝ ΒΡΑΧΥΒΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΛΑΧΙΣΤΑ ΙΧΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΩΖΟΝΤΑΙ (ΛΙΓΑ ΤΟΠΩΝΥΜΙΑ). ΠΡΟΣ ΤΑ ΤΕΛΗ ΤΟΥ 14ΟΥ ΑΙ. ΟΙ ΑΛΒΑΝΟΙ ΑΡΧΙΣΑΝ ΝΑ ΕΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΠΟΥΝ ΤΗΝΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΚΑΙ ΝΑ ΜΕΤΑΚΙΝΟΥΝΤΑΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ Α. ΣΤΕΡΕΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΟ."],"dc:identifier":["10.12681/eadd/1147","http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1147"],"dc:language":["gre"],"dc:publisher":["Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ)","Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)"],"dc:subject":["Aetolia - Acarnania","Albanian settlements","SERBIAN EXPANSION","WEST-CENTRAL MEDIEVAL GREECE","Αιτωλία-Ακαρνανία","ΑΛΒΑΝΙΚΕΣ ΕΓΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ","ΚΕΝΤΡΟΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΜΕΣΑΙΩΝΙΚΗ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ","ΣΕΡΒΙΚΗ ΕΠΕΚΤΑΣΗ","Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες και Τέχνες","Humanities and the Arts","Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία","History and Archaeology"],"dc:title":["ΕΝΑ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΜΕΣΑΙΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ: Η ΣΕΡΒΙΚΗ ΕΠΕΚΤΑΣΗ ΣΤΗ ΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΣΤΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΤΟΥ ΙΔ' ΑΙ.","A PROBLEM OF THE GREEK MEDIEVAL HISTORY: THE SERBIAN EXPANSION INTO WEST CENTRAL GREECE IN THE MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY"],"dc:type":["PhD Thesis"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T02:24:46Z"}