NORTHERN CAPTIVES: THE BARBARY CORSAIR RAID ON GRINDAVÍK – PART 3
This week, we conclude the series of excerpts from Northern Captives: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Grindavík[…]
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Author: Adam Nichols
I'm an associate professor with the University of Maryland, in the U.S. I spent twenty years teaching for the University of Maryland’s European division, in England, Scotland, Norway, Iceland, and Germany, and downrange on military installations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. I've also lived and worked in Australia, China, and Canada. I presently live in the U.S.
NORTHERN CAPTIVES: THE BARBARY CORSAIR RAID ON GRINDAVÍK – PART 2
This week, we continue with the excerpt from Northern Captives: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Grindavík in[…]
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT – NEW AMAZON LISTINGS
In the summer of 1627, two groups of Barbary corsairs raided Iceland. My Icelandic colleague, Karl Smári Hreinsson, and I[…]
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NORTHERN CAPTIVES: THE BARBARY CORSAIR RAID ON GRINDAVÍK – PART 1
On June 20, 1627, in the pale light of an early northern summer morning, a lone ship approached the Grindavík[…]
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THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS
Barbary corsairs weren’t just pirates. They were part of a larger enterprise. There was a religious element to that enterprise:[…]
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ICELANDIC CAPTIVES RANSOMED IN ALGIERS
Last week, we looked at how complicated the financial process could be when Europeans tried to pay ransoms for their[…]
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SEVENTURY CENTURY CURRENCY – PART 2: RANSOMS
Last week, we looked at the complications of seventeenth century currency. This week, we look at how those complications played[…]
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SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CURRENCY – PART 1
Seventeenth century currency was fiendishly complicated by modern standards. Today, there are, of course, multiple currencies—the American/Canadian/Australian/New Zealand dollar, the[…]
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND SLAVERY
The United States of America is nearing its 250th anniversary, and so I reckon this might be an appropriate time[…]
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BARBARY CORSAIR SHIPS – PART 2
This week we conclude our look at the sorts of ships employed by Barbary corsairs in the seventeenth century. _________________________[…]
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