The Corsairs’ Longest Voyage: The Turkish Raid in Iceland 1627: History of Warfare, cartea 119
Autor Þorsteinn Helgasonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 mar 2018
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004284876
ISBN-10: 9004284877
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria History of Warfare
ISBN-10: 9004284877
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria History of Warfare
Cuprins
Contents
Preface
List of Figures
A Note on Names and Letters
Introduction
Exceptional History
Sources
Research in the Field
International
Memory and History
1 The Inception of the Turkish Raid, and Its Central Character
The Return of the Moors
Compaen the Pirate
Iceland Ahoy
How Do We Know This?
2 The Course of Events in Iceland
Strategy and Resistance in Southwest Iceland
Folktales
Attack on the Seat of Government
3 Incursion and Salvation in the East Fjords
Enter the Corsairs
Reign of Terror in Berufjörður
South and North of Berufjörður
Did the Raiders Go to Eydalir?
The Corsairs’ Farewell
Heroes and Guardian Spirits
Folklore and Fact
4 Razzia and Martyrdom in the Westman Islands
Preparedness
Like Lambs to the Slaughter
The Martyrdom of Jón Þorsteinsson
Not Many Placenames and Folktales
5 Piracy and Defences
Danish Defences
Icelandic Defences in the Shadow of the Turkish Raid
Lessons of the Turkish Raid
Unarmed Nation
Civil Defence
Shelter
Military Expenditure
Special Status
What Would Bishop Brynjólfur Have Said?
Conclusion
6 Warfare or Robbery
The Contemporary Analysis of the Turkish Raid
Forms of Maritime Raids
Piracy in the Mediterranean
Maritime Raids to the Northern Seas
Piracy in the Name of the Law
Corsair States
Piracy as a Sector of the Economy and a Pillar of the State
Corsair Licences
Slavery
Holy War
Legitimate Government
New Principles of Freedom
Emotions and Justice
7 Salvation
Redemption from Slavery
Fundraising
The First Redemption Mission
Individual Deals
The Second Redemption Mission
Danish Emissaries in the Catholic Stronghold
Slave Registers
The Bottom Line
Trials of a Redeemer
Comparison and Aftermath
Apostates
Jón Vestmann
Anna Jasparsdóttir
Murat Reis
8 Cultural Memory
Scribes of Memory
A Tool of National Memory: The Turkish Raid in School Textbooks
9 The Visible Turkish Raid
Landscape
Works of Art
I Quatri Mori by Pietro Tacca
Adriaen Matham’s Drawings
Kross: A Sword Out of the Mouth of Christ
Epilogue
Context and Connections of the Turkish Raid
The Place of the Turkish Raid: Event and Memory
Tracing the Course of Events
Micro and Macro, Past and Present
Bibliography
Index
Preface
List of Figures
A Note on Names and Letters
Introduction
Exceptional History
Sources
Research in the Field
International
Memory and History
1 The Inception of the Turkish Raid, and Its Central Character
The Return of the Moors
Compaen the Pirate
Iceland Ahoy
How Do We Know This?
2 The Course of Events in Iceland
Strategy and Resistance in Southwest Iceland
Folktales
Attack on the Seat of Government
3 Incursion and Salvation in the East Fjords
Enter the Corsairs
Reign of Terror in Berufjörður
South and North of Berufjörður
Did the Raiders Go to Eydalir?
The Corsairs’ Farewell
Heroes and Guardian Spirits
Folklore and Fact
4 Razzia and Martyrdom in the Westman Islands
Preparedness
Like Lambs to the Slaughter
The Martyrdom of Jón Þorsteinsson
Not Many Placenames and Folktales
5 Piracy and Defences
Danish Defences
Icelandic Defences in the Shadow of the Turkish Raid
Lessons of the Turkish Raid
Unarmed Nation
Civil Defence
Shelter
Military Expenditure
Special Status
What Would Bishop Brynjólfur Have Said?
Conclusion
6 Warfare or Robbery
The Contemporary Analysis of the Turkish Raid
Forms of Maritime Raids
Piracy in the Mediterranean
Maritime Raids to the Northern Seas
Piracy in the Name of the Law
Corsair States
Piracy as a Sector of the Economy and a Pillar of the State
Corsair Licences
Slavery
Holy War
Legitimate Government
New Principles of Freedom
Emotions and Justice
7 Salvation
Redemption from Slavery
Fundraising
The First Redemption Mission
Individual Deals
The Second Redemption Mission
Danish Emissaries in the Catholic Stronghold
Slave Registers
The Bottom Line
Trials of a Redeemer
Comparison and Aftermath
Apostates
Jón Vestmann
Anna Jasparsdóttir
Murat Reis
8 Cultural Memory
Scribes of Memory
A Tool of National Memory: The Turkish Raid in School Textbooks
9 The Visible Turkish Raid
Landscape
Works of Art
I Quatri Mori by Pietro Tacca
Adriaen Matham’s Drawings
Kross: A Sword Out of the Mouth of Christ
Epilogue
Context and Connections of the Turkish Raid
The Place of the Turkish Raid: Event and Memory
Tracing the Course of Events
Micro and Macro, Past and Present
Bibliography
Index
Notă biografică
Þorsteinn Helgason, Ph.D. (2013), University of Iceland, is Associate Professor of History emeritus at the University of Iceland. His publications include textbooks in history, documentary films (e.g. Atlantic Jihad), Opening the Mind or Drawing Boundaries? History Texts in Nordic Schools (ed.) and articles on the Turkish Raid.