ALGIERS — THE CAPTIVES’ EXPERIENCE 2
This week we continue the series of posts about Algiers, describing what the experience would have been like for European[…]
Read moreThis week we continue the series of posts about Algiers, describing what the experience would have been like for European[…]
Read moreSome weeks back, I posted a series of excerpts from Pierre Dan’s Histoire de Barbarie about the history of Algiers.[…]
Read moreThis week, we conclude the series of excerpts of an English translation of Relation de la captivité du Sr. Moüette dans[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue the series of excerpts of an English translation of Relation de la captivité du Sr. Moüette[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue the series of excerpts of an English translation of Relation de la captivité du Sr. Moüette[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue the series of excerpts of an English translation of Relation de la captivité du Sr. Moüette[…]
Read moreIn October of 1670, a nineteen-year-old Frenchman named Germain Moüette had the misfortune to be captured by corsairs from Salé.[…]
Read moreIt’s been a very long time since I last posted a book recommendation here in this blog. Time to remedy[…]
Read moreThis week, we conclude the history and description of Algiers provided by Father Pierre Dan, the French Trinitarian friar, in[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the history and description of Algiers provided by Father Pierre Dan, the French Trinitarian friar,[…]
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