THE PLAGUE IN NORTH AFRICA
Since this is the last blog post of 2020, and since, thanks to COVID-19, this year has been a sort[…]
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Month: December 2020
A DESCRIPTION OF ALGIERS
In 1835, the Reverend Michael Russell published a book on North Africa titled History and Present Condition of the Barbary[…]
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THE REDEMPTIVE ORDERS – PART 1
From the mid sixteen through to the beginning of the nineteenth centuries, the Barbary corsair enterprise was huge. Corsairs ranged[…]
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THE REDEMPTIVE ORDERS – PART 2
Both the Trinitarian and Mercedarian orders functioned quite effectively and pursued their virtuous goal of ransoming captives throughout the era[…]
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