Category: Captives

In the autumn of 1621, a merchant ship named the Jacob, out of Bristol, England, set sail for the Mediterranean.[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Tale of the Jacob – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]

Early seventeenth century Algiers was not a large city geographically, certainly not by modern standards. It was a harbor city,[…]

Seen from the sea, seventeenth century Algiers presented a quite spectacular sight. The city was located on the northwestern horn[…]

Guttormur Hallsson was a farmer in a place called Búlandsnes, near the town of Djúpivogur, on Berufjörður (Beru Fjord) in[…]

(This post is a continuation of Guttormur Hallsson: a Captive’s Tale – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]

(This post is a continuation of Guttormur Hallsson: a Captive’s Tale – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done[…]

Once upon a time—back in the 1570s—there was Augustinian friar named Antonio, a Portuguese man living in Spain, who had[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Travails of Friar Antonio – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Travails of Friar Antonio – Parts 1 and 2. If you haven’t done[…]