FATHER PIERRE DAN: THE ORIGIN STORY OF HISTOIRE DE BARBARIE – PART 3
Last week’s post here in this blog continued the series of segments recounting the origin story of Histoire de Babarie,[…]
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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.
FATHER PIERRE DAN: THE ORIGIN STORY OF HISTOIRE DE BARBARIE – PART 2
Last week’s post here in this blog began a series of segments recounting the origin story of Histoire de Babarie,[…]
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FATHER PIERRE DAN: THE ORIGIN STORY OF HISTOIRE DE BARBARIE – PART 1
Father Pierre Dan, a French Trinitarian friar, was the author of one of the most comprehensive books on Barbary corsairs[…]
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OARED GALLEYS – THE STORY OF LA REAL: PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Oared Galleys – The Story of La Real: Part 1. If you haven’t done[…]
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OARED GALLEYS – THE STORY OF LA REAL: PART 1
When people think of Barbary corsairs, they often envision them in oared galleys massing to attack European sailing ships—rather like[…]
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SLAVERY IN NORTH AFRICA
Mostly, when we think of slavery, we think of it in terms of the Africans who were forcibly shipped across[…]
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THE DUTCH CONNECTION: HOW SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DUTCH PRIVATEERS BECAME BARBARY CORSAIRS IN NORTH AFRICA – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Dutch Connection: How Seventeenth Century Dutch Privateers Became Barbary Corsairs in North Africa[…]
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THE DUTCH CONNECTION: HOW SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DUTCH PRIVATEERS BECAME BARBARY CORSAIRS IN NORTH AFRICA – PART 1
The idea that Dutch privateers should have ended up among the Barbary corsairs of North Africa may at first seem[…]
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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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CAPTIVE ICELANDERS IN ALGIERS
It’s been two weeks since I last posted anything in this blog. My apologies. I’ve been overwhelmed with last-minute work[…]
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