The corsairs' longest voyage : the Turkish raid in Iceland 1627 / by Þorsteinn Helgason ; translated by Anna Yates, Jóna Ann Pétursdóttir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Þorsteinn Helgason, author.

Series:

History of warfare ; 1385-7827 v. 119.

History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; 119

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Historiography--Iceland.

Historiography.

Piracy--Iceland--History--17th century.

Piracy.

Pirates--Africa, North--History--17th century.

Pirates.

Collective memory--Iceland.

Collective memory.

History.

Iceland.

North Africa.

Physical Description:

xiv, 372 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Language Note:

Translated from Icelandic.

Summary:

During the summer of 1627, corsairs from Algiers and Salé, Morocco, undertook the long voyage to Iceland where they raided the eastern and southern regions of the country, resulting in the deaths of around thirty people, and capturing about 400 further individuals who were sold on the slave markets. Around 10% of the captives were ransomed the next twenty years, mostly through the efforts of the Danish monarchy.0In this volume, the history of these extraordinary events and their long-lasting memory are traced and analysed from the viewpoints of maritime warfare, cultural encounters and existential options, based on extensive use of various sources from several languages.

Contents:

1 The Inception of the Turkish Raid, and Its Central Character p. 31

The Return of the Moors p. 39

Compaen the Pirate p. 42

Iceland Ahoy p. 44

How Do We Know This? p. 46

2 Strategy and Resistance in Southwest Iceland p. 51

The Course of Events in Reykjanes p. 51

Folktales p. 60

Attack on the Seat of Government p. 62

3 Incursion and Salvation in the East Fjords p. 68

Enter the Corsairs p. 69

Reign of Terror in Berufjörður p. 71

South and North of Berufjörður p. 73

Did the Raiders Go to Eydalir? p. 75

The Corsairs' Farewell p. 78

Heroes and Guardian Spirits p. 79

Folklore and Fact p. 89

4 Razzia and Martyrdom in the Westman Islands p. 94

Preparedness p. 96

Like Lambs to the Slaughter p. 99

The Martyrdom of Jón Porsteinsson p. 104

Not Many Placenames and Folktales p. 105

5 Piracy and Defences p. 110

Danish Defences p. 110

Icelandic Defences in the Shadow of the Turkish Raid p. 116

Lessons of the Turkish Raid p. 120

Unarmed Nation p. 125

Civil Defence p. 135

Shelter p. 136

Military Expenditure p. 138

Special Status p. 139

What Would Bishop Brynjólfur Have Said? p. 142

6 Warfare or Robbery p. 146

The Contemporary Analysis of the Turkish Raid p. 147

Forms of Maritime Raids p. 150

Piracy in the Mediterranean p. 152

Maritime Raids to the Northern Seas p. 155

Piracy in the Name of the Law p. 156

Corsair States p. 162

Piracy as a Sector of the Economy and a Pillar of the State p. 163

Corsair Licences p. 165

Slavery p. 167

Holy War p. 171

Legitimate Government p. 174

New Principles of Freedom p. 178

Emotions and Justice p. 179

7 Salvation p. 182

Redemption from Slavery p. 182

Fundraising p. 184

The First Redemption Mission p. 187

Individual Deals p. 191

The Second Redemption Mission p. 194

Danish Emissaries in the Catholic Stronghold p. 197

Slave Registers p. 199

Trials of a Redeemer p. 204

Comparison and Aftermath p. 208

Apostates p. 215

Jón Vestmann p. 224

Anna Jasparsdóttir p. 234

Murat Reis p. 241

8 Cultural Memory p. 256

Scribes of Memory p. 256

A Tool of National Memory: The Turkish Raid in School Textbooks p. 264

9 The Visible Turkish Raid p. 297

Landscape p. 297

Works of Art p. 299

I Quatro Mori by Pietro Tacca p. 300

Adriaen Matham's Drawings p. 306

Kross: A Sword Out of the Mouth of Christ p. 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Þorsteinn Helgason. Corsairs' longest voyage.

ISBN:

9789004284876

9004284877

OCLC:

1015836908