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Turbulent Times: Skalholt and the Barbary Corsair Raids on Iceland in 1627

by Karl Smári Hreinsson , Adam Nichols
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9789935922359
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Sigvaldi Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Sigvaldi Books
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  • Pages: 252
  • Original Price: USD 22.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 268 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

In the early seventeenth century, Sk�lholt-the seat of the Bishop of South, West, and East Iceland-was one of the largest communities on the island. It housed not only a cathedral but also a school (Sk�lholtssk�li). Graduates of Sk�lholtssk�li played important roles in Icelandic history, becoming Schoolmasters, Government Officials, and Bishops.

In the summer of 1627, some of them became captives of the infamous Barbary corsairs.

That summer, Barbary corsairs from Sal� and Algiers raided Iceland, capturing close to 500 people-men, women, and children-and hauling them all back to North Africa to be auctioned off into slavery. This raid is known in Iceland as the Tyrkjar�ni�.

Hreinsson, Karl Smári: - Karl Smári Hreinsson was an Assistant Professor in Icelandic with the European Dividion of the University of Maryland University College

Nichols, Adam: - Adam Nichols is an Associate Professor with the University of Maryland, USA.

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