TURBULENT TIMES: JASPER KRISTJÁNSSON’S LETTER – PART 2
This week we look at the text of the letter written by Jasper Kristjánsson, the well-to-do Dane discussed in last[…]
Read moreThis week we look at the text of the letter written by Jasper Kristjánsson, the well-to-do Dane discussed in last[…]
Read moreThe Barbary corsair raids on Iceland in 1627 upended the lives of hundreds of people, wrenching them out of their[…]
Read moreIn the summer of 1627, two groups of Barbary corsairs raided Iceland. My Icelandic colleague, Karl Smári Hreinsson, and I[…]
Read moreLast week’s post here in this blog continued the origin story of Histoire de Babarie, the book on North African[…]
Read moreLast week’s post here in this blog continued the origin story of Histoire de Babarie, the book written by Father[…]
Read moreLast week’s post here in this blog continued the origin story of Histoire de Babarie, the book written by Father[…]
Read moreLast week’s post here in this blog continued the series of segments recounting the origin story of Histoire de Babarie,[…]
Read moreLast week’s post here in this blog began a series of segments recounting the origin story of Histoire de Babarie,[…]
Read moreFather Pierre Dan, a French Trinitarian friar, was the author of one of the most comprehensive books on Barbary corsairs[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Oared Galleys – The Story of La Real: Part 1. If you haven’t done[…]
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