Montenegro is making, and has already largely made, its mark among the affluent global seafarers, and investors. A downside to reporting on the visual and other pleasures enjoyed by Montenegro's waterfront population, those with superyachts, is the impression that Montenegro is beyond the reach of the rest of us. The Financial Times offers a review of properties and benefits on Perast with luxury in mind, see http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/52c4da44-cb0a-11e3-ba9d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz31sEVeWUm/. Fortunately, its inclusion of history amid the descriptions of exclusive developments -- Peter the Great used the area as a shipyard and naval academy -- retains the old lure that draws in the rest of us.
1. A history of Russia in Montenegro? We found it in the hotel at Cetinje, and now ask whether Montenegro should be concerned about reabsorption, given the old shipbuilding-fleet connection. Read of Matija Zmajevic, great shipbuilder to Peter I The Great.
2. Montenegro's oldest noble families: Is there a correlation between old pride in connections, and ability to maintain independence. Or is Montenegro's topography, hard to invade, the key to its continuity. There is a time to explore an encyclopedia: see http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Montenegro/. It avoided the ethnic violence of surrounding countries in the Balkans largely because of its cultural homogeneity, and identification with Serbia. A start on understanding.
2.1 Social organization here in medieval times focused on casadas, "patrician clans", brotherhoods: History buffs will enjoy the descriptions of medieval social organization that included elections to the main council, at http://www.perast.com/html-ENGLESKI/characters.html#/.
2.2 In the early seventeenth century, other individuals emerged as leaders in the arts, politics, and -- as to the great fleet -- Matija Zmajevic included. Recommended: short, focused articles on area points of interest at http://www.trifunovickg.com/veroljub/perast/MasterOfArc/1.html/ Click back, and back. No easily navigable contents, through the full 50 pages, but worth a leisurely, thoughtful look at each.
1. A history of Russia in Montenegro? We found it in the hotel at Cetinje, and now ask whether Montenegro should be concerned about reabsorption, given the old shipbuilding-fleet connection. Read of Matija Zmajevic, great shipbuilder to Peter I The Great.
2. Montenegro's oldest noble families: Is there a correlation between old pride in connections, and ability to maintain independence. Or is Montenegro's topography, hard to invade, the key to its continuity. There is a time to explore an encyclopedia: see http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Montenegro/. It avoided the ethnic violence of surrounding countries in the Balkans largely because of its cultural homogeneity, and identification with Serbia. A start on understanding.
2.1 Social organization here in medieval times focused on casadas, "patrician clans", brotherhoods: History buffs will enjoy the descriptions of medieval social organization that included elections to the main council, at http://www.perast.com/html-ENGLESKI/characters.html#/.
2.2 In the early seventeenth century, other individuals emerged as leaders in the arts, politics, and -- as to the great fleet -- Matija Zmajevic included. Recommended: short, focused articles on area points of interest at http://www.trifunovickg.com/veroljub/perast/MasterOfArc/1.html/ Click back, and back. No easily navigable contents, through the full 50 pages, but worth a leisurely, thoughtful look at each.
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