Hreinsson Karl Smari The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627 9780813228693

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Автор: Hreinsson Karl Smari
Название: The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627
ISBN: 9780813228693
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

История раннего нового времени: с 1450/1500 гг. по 1700 г.

Рабство и отмена рабства

Путевые заметки

Классика путевых заметок

ISBN-10: 0813228697
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 248
Вес: 0.36 кг.
Дата издания: 30.08.2016
Язык: English
Размер: 142 x 215 x 19
Ключевые слова: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700,Slavery & abolition of slavery,Classic travel writing
Подзаголовок: The story of the barbary corsair raid on iceland in 1627
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducting close to four hundred to sell into slavery in North Africa. Among those taken were the Lutheran minister Reverend Ólafur Egilsson.Reverend Ólafur (born in the same year as William Shakespeare and Galileo Galilei) wrote The Travels to chronicle his experiences both as a captive in Algiers and as a traveler across Europe (he journeyed alone from Algiers to Copenhagen in an attempt to raise funds to ransom the captives that remained in the Barbary States). He was a keen observer, and the narrative is filled with a wealth of detail—social, political, economic, religious—about both the Maghreb and Europe. It is also a moving story on the human level: we witness a man enduring great personal tragedy and struggling to reconcile such calamity with his understandingof God. The Travels is the first-ever English translation of the Icelandic texts. Until now, the corsair raid on Iceland has remained largely unknown in the English speaking world. To give a clearer sense of the extraordinary events connected with that raid, this edition of The Travels includes not only Reverend Ólafur’s first-person narrative but also a wealth of contemporary letters describing both the events of the raid itself and the conditions in North Africa under which the enslaved Icelanders lived. The book has Appendices containing background information on the cities of Algiers and Salé in the seventeenth century, on Iceland in the seventeenth century, on the manuscripts accessed for the translation, and on the book’s early modern European context.The combination of Reverend Ólafur’s narrative, the letters, and thematerial in the Appendices provides a first-hand, in-depth view of early seventeenth-century Europe and the Maghreb equaled by few otherworks dealing with the period. We are pleased to offer it to the wider audience that an English edition allows.
Дополнительное описание: Classic travel writing|History|Slavery and abolition of slavery

The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627, Hreinsson Karl Smari