Barbary Regencies
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Recent papers in Barbary Regencies
There is only very limited evidence for the life of the sixteenth century English renegade and eunuch slave, Hassan Agha, whose birth name was Samson Rowlie. Until now, he has been known from a single letter written in 1586, supplemented... more
In Mario Klarer, editor, Piracy in the Mediterranean 1500-1810, Routledge, November 2018. Christine Sears' chapter on the fate of the American Capt. James Riley and his fellow crew members in Sub-Saharan Africa in 1815 widens the... more
Please note, I have withdrawn this research paper from the MENACS conference at the University of Sussex on 27th - 28th April 2017.
KEYWORDS. − Golfo Dianese, Republic of Genoa, Barbary corsairs, Fortifications, Multifaceted defence, Early modern age. The militarization of the Italian and Spanish coasts is certainly the most studied form of defense among those used... more
[ENG] A detailed analysis of the peculiar features of diplomatic relationships between European states and Barbary allows to highlight numerous historiographical issues. In light of the complexity of the diplomatic relations between... more
Préface de Roberto Zaugg Le présent ouvrage entend explorer à partir du cas des navigations napolitaines en mer ottomane entre les xviiie et xixe siècles les tentatives de nationalisation des échanges maritimes et les questions de... more
A lucrative, dangerous business: il consolato inglese ad Algeri, Tunisi e Tripoli nella seconda metà del XVII secolo. I conflitti pressoché ininterrotti che caratterizzarono i rapporti tra l’Inghilterra e gli Stati Barbareschi durante... more
Da sempre il momento del viaggio ha rappresentato per passeggeri e mercanti uno straordinario fattore di rischio, attenuatosi, ma certo non scomparso, in epoche recenti. Non è un caso che le normative di porto d'armi in antico regime... more
“[…] Everything runs to corruption here. The timber in the Pole Fort […] proves more rotten than it would in another place in a great deal longer time. […] The like by my knife and steel seal rusting in my pocket, and, I fear, my watch... more
"Sears presents a highly readable history of the 140 American captives of corsairs in Algiers or from shipwrecks. Recommended." - CHOICE Whether by falling prey to Algerian corsairs or crashing onto the desert shores of Western Sahara,... more
A brief overview of Algiers and Tunis as an Ottoman Regencies and autonomous city-states. There is also a article on the Dey of Algiers. These articles were published in Spencer C. Tucker ed. The Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Early... more
ABSTRACT PANEL: "Un'impresa rischiosa e redditizia: scambi, scontri e incontri lungo la frontiera nordafricana (secc. XVII-XVIII)" In età moderna, capitani, mercanti e patroni di barca si muovevano abitualmente nello spazio mediterraneo... more
Entry on Hassan Karamanli and his interactions with American forces during the Barbary Wars
A brief description of Murad Reis of the Karamanlis of Tripoli
A brief overview of Tripoli as an Ottoman Regency and autonomous city-state. This article was for an American history encyclopedia.