Companion to the Hanseatic League

Donald J. Harreld, Ph.D. (2000) is Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at Brigham Young University. He is the author of High Germans in the Low Countries: German Merchants and Commerce in Golden Age Antwerp (Brill, 2004).

• ContentsPrefaceList of FiguresA Note on Names and LettersIntroduction Exceptional HistorySourcesResearch in the FieldInternationalMemory and History1 The Inception of the Turkish Raid, and Its Central CharacterThe Return of the MoorsCompaen the Pirate Iceland AhoyHow Do We Know This?2 The Course of Events in IcelandStrategy and Resistance in Southwest IcelandFolktalesAttack on the Seat of Government3 Incursion and Salvation in the East FjordsEnter the CorsairsReign of Terror in BerufjörðurSouth and North of BerufjörðurDid the Raiders Go to Eydalir? The Corsairs’ FarewellHeroes and Guardian SpiritsFolklore and Fact4 Razzia and Martyrdom in the Westman IslandsPreparednessLike Lambs to the SlaughterThe Martyrdom of Jón ÞorsteinssonNot Many Placenames and Folktales 5 Piracy and DefencesDanish Defences Icelandic Defences in the Shadow of the Turkish RaidLessons of the Turkish RaidUnarmed NationCivil DefenceShelterMilitary ExpenditureSpecial StatusWhat Would Bishop Brynjólfur Have Said?Conclusion6 Warfare or RobberyThe Contemporary Analysis of the Turkish Raid Forms of Maritime RaidsPiracy in the Mediterranean Maritime Raids to the Northern Seas Piracy in the Name of the Law Corsair StatesPiracy as a Sector of the Economy and a Pillar of the State Corsair Licences SlaveryHoly War Legitimate GovernmentNew Principles of FreedomEmotions and Justice 7 SalvationRedemption from SlaveryFundraisingThe First Redemption MissionIndividual DealsThe Second Redemption Mission Danish Emissaries in the Catholic Stronghold Slave RegistersThe Bottom LineTrials of a RedeemerComparison and AftermathApostatesJón VestmannAnna JasparsdóttirMurat Reis8 Cultural MemoryScribes of Memory A Tool of National Memory: The Turkish Raid in School Textbooks9 The Visible Turkish RaidLandscapeWorks of ArtI Quatri Mori by Pietro TaccaAdriaen Matham’s DrawingsKross: A Sword Out of the Mouth of Christ EpilogueContext and Connections of the Turkish RaidThe Place of the Turkish Raid: Event and MemoryTracing the Course of EventsMicro and Macro, Past and PresentBibliographyIndex