The corsairs' longest voyage : : the Turkish raid in Iceland 1627 / / Þorsteinn Helgason ; translated by Anna Yates, Jóna Ann Pétursdóttir.

• Author: Þorsteinn Helgason.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English; Icelandic
• Series: History of Warfare 119.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 372 pages)

During the summer of 1627, corsairs from Algiers and Salé, Morocco, undertook the long voyage to Iceland where they raided the eastern and southern regions of the country, resulting in the deaths of around thirty people, and capturing about 400 further individuals who were sold on the slave markets. Around 10% of the captives were ransomed the next twenty years, mostly through the efforts of the Danish monarchy. 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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Inception of the Turkish Raid, and Its Central Character -- 2 Strategy and Resistance in Southwest Iceland -- 3 Incursion and Salvation in the East Fjords -- 4 Razzia and Martyrdom in the Westman Islands -- 5 Piracy and Defences -- 6 Warfare or Robbery -- 7 Salvation -- 8 Cultural Memory -- 9 The Visible Turkish Raid -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.