Category: Background

The term “great ordinance” was used throughout the seventeenth (and the late sixteenth and early eighteenth) centuries to mean “cannon”[…]

This week we’ll look at another excerpt from Turbulent Tines, the new book about the Barbary corsair raids on Iceland[…]

This week we’ll look at another excerpt from Turbulent Times, the new book about the Barbary corsair raids on Iceland[…]

This week we look at the text of the letter written by Jasper Kristjánsson, the well-to-do Dane discussed in last[…]

The Barbary corsair raids on Iceland in 1627 upended the lives of hundreds of people, wrenching them out of their[…]

In the summer of 1627, two groups of Barbary corsairs raided Iceland. My Icelandic colleague, Karl Smári Hreinsson, and I[…]

Last week’s post here in this blog continued the origin story of Histoire de Babarie, the book on North African[…]

Last week’s post here in this blog continued the origin story of Histoire de Babarie, the book written by Father[…]

Last week’s post here in this blog continued the origin story of Histoire de Babarie, the book written by Father[…]

Last week’s post here in this blog continued the series of segments recounting the origin story of Histoire de Babarie,[…]