We analyze the historical and socio-political context in which the image of Montenegro and of Montenegrins was created and define the characteristics of this discourse through the comparison of travel accounts of these authors with those published in previous epochs.
In addition to this, during the Balkan Wars, political and other relations between Montenegro and Italy were significantly redefined, after Italy had established rather narrow connections with the small Balkan state, especially following the marriage of the Italian Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele III of Savoy to the Montenegrin Princess Elena Petrović˗Njegoš (1896). These wars were important for Montenegro because of the decision of the state to act in concert with the other Balkan countries in order to expel the Ottoman Empire from Europe and to achieve greater territorial expansion.
This paper explores the little-known travel accounts of various Italian authors who visited Montenegro before, during and after the Balkan Wars (1912–1913).
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