Category: Captives

In the early 1600s, a young French sailor named Nicolaus, from Havre de Grace (modern-day Le Havre, located on the[…]

On Wednesday, June 20,1 1627, Barbary corsairs raided the village of Grindavík on Iceland’s southwest coast. These corsairs had come[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Járngerðarstaðir Farm Family – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Járngerðarstaðir Farm Family – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done so[…]

Europeans captives enslaved in Algiers dreamed of one thing above all others: being ransomed. If you were a citizen of[…]

(This post is a continuation of Father Pierre Dan and the 1634 Ransoming Expedition to Algiers – Part 1. If[…]

In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland and captured close to 500 people whom they carted off to[…]

Everybody has heard of the (in)famous Spanish Inquisition and its ruthless use of intimidation and torture. What is less well[…]

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