FATHER PIERRE DAN ON SALÉ
Father Pierre Dan (born around 1580, died in 1649) was a French Trinitarian friar. The Trinitarians, a Catholic order originally[…]
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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.
GALLEY SLAVE
Throughout the sixteenth, seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the premier naval vessel in and around the Mediterranean Sea was the[…]
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EARLY MODERN CURRENCY – PART 1
Early modern 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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EARLY MODERN CURRENCY – PART 2: RANSOMS
(This post is a continuation of Early Modern Currency – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best[…]
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SALÉ, THE TURBULENT CITY – PART 1
The city of Salé was a famous corsair capital during the seventeenth century. It was (and still is) actually composed[…]
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SALÉ, THE TURBULENT CITY – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Salé, the Turbulent City – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s[…]
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SALÉ, THE TURBULENT CITY – PART 3
(This post is a continuation of Salé, the Turbulent City – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done so[…]
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SALÉ, THE TURBULENT CITY – PART 4
(This post is a continuation of Salé, the Turbulent City – Parts 1, 2, & 3. If you haven’t done[…]
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SALÉ, THE TURBULENT CITY – PART 5
(This post is a continuation of Salé, the Turbulent City – Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4. If you haven’t[…]
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THE AFFAIR OF THE VLIEGENDE HERT – PART 1
On November 4, 1624, the States-General—the governing body— of the Netherlands sent an official letter of complaint to Moulay Zaydan,[…]
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