Mediterranean Captivity Through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798

by Nabil Matar

The post-Lepanto Mediterranean was the scene of "small wars," to use Fernand Braudel's phrase, which resulted in acts of piracy and captivity. Thousands upon thousands of Europeans, Arabs, and Turks were seized into bagnios stretching from Cadiz to Valletta and from Sal? to Tripoli. After returning to their homelands, dozens from England and France, Germany and Spain, Malta and Italy wrote about their captivities. Their accounts were printed, distributed,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004440240
• ISBN13: 9789004440241
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 306 Pages