This thesis examines Renaissance humanist authors’ works as well as the origins, creation, and evolution of national discourse in Europe, with particular focus on Albania. It is the first imagological analysis of Albanian humanists’ national discourse. It is based on the theory of the Swiss historian Caspar Hirschi which challenges the mainstream modernist theories and historiography of the national discourse which present it as a modern phenomenon. Hirschi’s constructivist theory has its roots in medieval sources and authors, namely Renaissance humanists from Germany, Italy, and France, whose writings are analysed and regarded as founding fathers of national speech. Various national humanists are discussed as examples. The main focus of this thesis is placed on the Albanian community in Venice, especially the Albanian humanists, Demetrio Franco, Marino Barlezio and Marino Becichemo as constructors of the Albanian national discourse. In addition, the thesis outlines the ideological background of the Albanian historiography. The Albanian humanists’ chronicles and biographies are analysed by using the topological analysis proposed by Zrinka Blažević. The topoi analyzed are: the myth of the common origins, national space and geography, national characterology, and national heroes.