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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Þorsteinn Helgason.

Series:

History of Warfare 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.

North Africa.

Iceland.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 372 pages)

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. In 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:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

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

2 Strategy and Resistance in Southwest Iceland

3 Incursion and Salvation in the East Fjords

4 Razzia and Martyrdom in the Westman Islands

5 Piracy and Defences

6 Warfare or Robbery

7 Salvation

8 Cultural Memory

9 The Visible Turkish Raid

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-36370-X

OCLC:

1028619477

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004363700 DOI