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Piracy, Slavery, and Redemption Barbary Captivity Narratives from Early Modern England

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ISBN-10: 0231507674

ISBN-13: 9780231507677

Edition: N/A

Authors: Daniel J. Vitkus, N. I. Matar

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At last available in a modern, annotated edition, these tales describe combat at sea, extraordinary escapes, and religious conversion, but they also illustrate the power, prosperity, and piety of Muslims in the early modern Mediterranean.
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List price: $62.00
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2001
Binding: E-Book 
Language: English

List of Illustrationsp. vii
Prefacep. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Note on Editorial Methodp. xv
Introduction: England and Mediterranean Captivity, 1577-1704p. 1
Narratives
"The Worthy Enterprise of John Fox, in Delivering 266 Christians Out of the Captivity of the Turks," in Richard Hakluyt, Principal Navigations (1589)p. 55
Strange and Wonderful Things Happened to Richard Hasleton ... in His Ten Years' Travails in Many Foreign Countries (1595)p. 71
The Famous and Wonderful Recovery of a Ship of Bristol, Called the Exchange, from the Turkish Pirates of Argier (1622)p. 96
News from Sally of a Strange Delivery of Four English Captives from the Slavery of the Turks (1642)p. 121
Ebenezer; or, A Small Monument of Great Mercy, Appearing in the Miraculous Deliverance of William Okeley (1675)p. 124
A True Account of the Captivity of Thomas Phelps (1685)p. 193
A True and Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mohammetans, with an Account of the Author's Being Taken Captive (1704)p. 218
Appendixes
Two Balladsp. 341
The Algerian Slave's Releasement; or, The Unchangeable Boatswainp. 341
The Lamentable Cries of at Least 1,500 Christians (Now Prisoners in Algiers Under the Turks)p. 344
Letters from Captives to Their Families in Englandp. 347
Samuel Harres to His Father (1610)p. 347
Robert Adams to Captain Robert Adams (1625)p. 349
Thomas Sweet and Richard Robinson (1647)p. 350
Letter and Depositions Describing "Turkish" Corsair Raids on the West Country Sent by Thomas Ceely to the Privy Council (1625)p. 354
Letter to the Privy Councilp. 354
Deposition of William Knightp. 355
Deposition of William Draperp. 357
Deposition of William Courtp. 357
Petition Sent by English Captives in Morocco to King Charles I (1632)p. 359
Laudian Rite for Returned Renegades (1637)p. 361
Parliamentary Ordinance for Collections to Be Made for the Relief of Captives in Algiers (Issued April 25, 1643)p. 367
Letter from Philip Lloyd, the English Factor in Tunis, to King Charles II (1680)p. 369
Bibliography of English Captivity Narratives from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuriesp. 371
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