Pirates, Slaves and Poets

Overview and Issue

• Article on
• WG091

Abstract

• The author provides a wider context for the events that take place in DD's works conceding that the article: "...has no direct connection to Dorothy Dunnett's books but as it touches Dunnett-related topics like Barbary pirates and Iceland and even the Knights of Malta get a honorary mention I thought you might perhaps find it interesting."

• She details three Viking raids on Iceland and Cork in Ireland that resulted in almost many inhabitants being captured and sold into slavery in Algiers.

Author

• Heike Meyer

Dunnett Book Citations

• (None)

Historical People

• Hallgrfmur Petursson
• Murad Rais - aka Jan Janszoon.
• Suleyman Rais
• Guòriòíur Simonardottir
• Brynjolfur Sveinsson

Fictional Characters

• name

Locations

• Iceland
• Algiers
• Holland
• Denmark

Literature

• Robert C. - Davis Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbany Coast and Italy, 1500-1800.
• Hallgrfmur Petursson - 'Passiusalmar' (Passion Hymns)
• Steinunn Johannesdottir - Reisiubk Guoriour Simonardottur, Reykjavik, 2001.

Illustrations

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Historical Events

• In 1627, a pirate fleet consisting of only three ships attacked three places in southern Iceland: some spot on the Eastern coast, the Grindavik region and the Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands). On the islands they killed 36 people and abducted 242; all in all about 400 people were captured and brought to Algiers to be sold as slaves.

Other References

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Quotes from Dunnett

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