Editing Butrint (section)

=== As part of the Angevin ''Regnum Albaniae'' ===
{{See also|Regnum Albaniae}}
From 1284 Byzantine Emperor [[Andronikos II Palaiologos|Andronikos II]] was in control of most of today's Albania and Angevin control on the Balkan mainland was limited to Butrinto, the later formed a single administrative unit together with nearby Corfu.<ref name=HodgesKosta86>{{cite book |last1=Hodges |first1=Richard |last2=Bowden |first2=William |last3=Lako |first3=Kosta |title=Byzantine Butrint: Excavations and Surveys 1994-99 |date=28 February 2020 |publisher=Oxbow Books |isbn=978-1-78570-870-1 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C3zKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT69 |language=en}}</ref> In the 14th century the site shared a similar fate with Corfu.<ref name=HodgesKosta86/> Butrint remained under Angevin rule until 1386, with only two other interruptions: in 1306, and in 1313–1331.<ref name=Lala147>Lala, Etleva (2008). ''Regnum Albaniae''. Page 147</ref> In 1305-1306 it was controlled by the Despot of Epirus, [[Thomas I Komnenos Doukas]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor-first = Alexander | editor-last = Kazhdan | editor-link = Alexander Kazhdan | encyclopedia = [[The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]] | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford and New York | year = 1991 | isbn = 978-0-19-504652-6 }}</ref> Butrint became Catholic after it was conquered by the Angevins, and remained so throughout the fourteenth century.<ref name=Lala147/>

[[Richard Hodges (archaeologist)|Hodges]] argues that the "episodic" defensive investment in Butrint as a town during this period demonstrates that it still possessed an active urban population, although not one urban dwelling had been identified at the time of writing. Hodges argues this indicates that dwellings were concentrated on the slopes of the northern citadel. The Orthodox Bishopric was transferred to nearby [[Glyki]] in 1337 or 1338. The town was reduced in size during the end of the 14th century, due to the tumultuous unrest in the region.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hansen |first1=Inge Lyse |last2=Hodges |first2=Richard |last3=Leppard |first3=Sarah |title=Butrint 4: The Archaeology and Histories of an Ionian Town |date=2013 |publisher=Oxbow Books |isbn=9781782971023 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2X9-AwAAQBAJ |language=en|quote=The episodic investment in defending Butrint as a town in the 13th and 14th centuries shows it still possessed an active urban population. Paradoxically not one urban dwelling has yet been identified. These, we may surmise, were concentrated on the slopes of the northern citadel, and perhaps on the steep south-facing lower slopes of the acropolis... In all probability the town had been dwindling in size sine the tumultuous unrest in the region during the later 14th century. Moving the bishopric to Glyki in 1337/38, however, removed a powerful urban institution, and with increasing Ottoman pressure to capture the important fishing here..."}}</ref>