Category: Background

The Barbary corsair raids on Iceland in 1627 upended the lives of hundreds of people, wrenching them out of their[…]

In the summer of 1627, two groups of Barbary corsairs raided Iceland. My Icelandic colleague, Karl Smári Hreinsson, and I[…]

Last week’s post here in this blog continued the origin story of Histoire de Babarie, the book on North African[…]

Last week’s post here in this blog continued the origin story of Histoire de Babarie, the book written by Father[…]

Last week’s post here in this blog continued the origin story of Histoire de Babarie, the book written by Father[…]

Last week’s post here in this blog continued the series of segments recounting the origin story of Histoire de Babarie,[…]

Last week’s post here in this blog began a series of segments recounting the origin story of Histoire de Babarie,[…]

Father Pierre Dan, a French Trinitarian friar, was the author of one of the most comprehensive books on Barbary corsairs[…]

When people think of Barbary corsairs, they often envision them in oared galleys massing to attack European sailing ships—rather like[…]

Mostly, when we think of slavery, we think of it in terms of the Africans who were forcibly shipped across[…]