Month: June 2018

In its heyday as a corsair capital, the city of Algiers had one major economic driver: piracy. Legally speaking, Algerian[…]

(This post is a continuation of Of Piracy, Profit, and Prudence — Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]

Barbary corsairs weren’t just pirates. They were part of a larger enterprise. There was a religious element to that enterprise:[…]