Book
Travels in Montenegro, containing a topographical, picturesque, and statistical account of that hitherto undescribed country
Printed for R. Phillips • London • Published In 1820 • Pages: iv, 108
By: Vialla de Sommieres, L. C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the travels in Montenegro by an officer in the French army, and Governor of the Province of Cattaro. Invited to visit the country by the Montenegrin Bishop (Vladika), the author travels by foot into the rugged interior noting all he observes, including landscapes, plants, villages, dress, land use, fishing, and exports. He relates recent wartime exploits of the Montenegrins against the Turks. Also, he relates various personal conversations with locals, including the Vladika, and most interestly, witnesses the adjudication of a feud.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- War
- Priesthood
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Montenegrins
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- circa 1810
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1797-1812
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Serbia and Montenegro
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Col. L. C. Vialla de Sommières
- Transtation of: Voyage historique et politique au Montenegro
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65078423
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Montenegrins