(This post is a continuation of The Travails of Friar Antonio – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
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THE TRAVAILS OF FRIAR ANTONIO – PART 3
(This post is a continuation of The Travails of Friar Antonio – Parts 1 and 2. If you haven’t done[…]
Read moreNICOLAUS THE UNLUCKY
In the early 1600s, a young French sailor named Nicolaus, from Havre de Grace (modern-day Le Havre, located on the[…]
Read moreTHE JÁRNGERÐARSTAÐIR FARM FAMILY – PART 1
On Wednesday, June 20,1 1627, Barbary corsairs raided the village of Grindavík on Iceland’s southwest coast. These corsairs had come[…]
Read moreTHE JÁRNGERÐARSTAÐIR FARM FAMILY – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Járngerðarstaðir Farm Family – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s[…]
Read moreTHE JÁRNGERÐARSTAÐIR FARM FAMILY – PART 3
(This post is a continuation of The Járngerðarstaðir Farm Family – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done so[…]
Read moreFATHER PIERRE DAN AND THE 1634 RANSOMING EXPEDITION TO ALGIERS – PART 1
Europeans captives enslaved in Algiers dreamed of one thing above all others: being ransomed. If you were a citizen of[…]
Read moreFATHER PIERRE DAN AND THE 1634 RANSOMING EXPEDITION TO ALGIERS – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Father Pierre Dan and the 1634 Ransoming Expedition to Algiers – Part 1. If[…]
Read moreCAPTIVE ICELANDERS IN ALGIERS
In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland and captured close to 500 people whom they carted off to[…]
Read moreTHE STORY OF JUAN RODELGO – PART 1
Everybody has heard of the (in)famous Spanish Inquisition and its ruthless use of intimidation and torture. What is less well[…]
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