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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Ólafur Egilsson (1564-1639)
Titre(s) : The travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson [Texte imprimé] : the story of the Barbary Corsair raid on Iceland in 1627 / translated from the original Icelandic text and edited by Karl Smári Hreinsson & Adam Nichols
Traduction de : Reisubók séra Ólafs Egilssonar
Publication : Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXXV-235 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm
Note(s) : "Original English edition, 2008"--Title page verso. - "Translation of a 17th-century narrative written by a Lutheran pastor from Iceland
who was captured by Turkish pirates, taken to North Africa, and then released and
managed to make his way back across Europe to Iceland. His story, collected here with
letters written by his fellow captives, gives intimate details of life, and relations
between Christianity and Islam, in that period"--Provided by publisher. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232) and index
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Karl Smári Hreinsson (1954-....). Éditeur scientifique. Traducteur
Nichols, Adam (1952-....). Éditeur scientifique. Traducteur
Sujet(s) : Enlèvement -- Islande -- 17e siècle
Esclavage -- Afrique du Nord -- 17e siècle
Raid barbaresque en Islande (1627)
Genre ou forme : Récits personnels islandais
Indice(s) Dewey :
949.120 3 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Islande - 1550-1874
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813228693. - ISBN 0813228697 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46998914t
Notice n° :
FRBNF46998914
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Chapter I. About almighty God's will ; Chapter II. About signs and events ; Chapter
III. About the preparations that were put into effect when word of the pirates was
first heard ; Chapter IV. About the evil attacks and the methods used to capture
some of the people ; Chapter V. About what honest people told me of how the pirates
captured the Icelanders, and how some Icelanders were killed ; Chapter VI. About
how the people were treated as captives by the evil men and put into the stone house,
then taken forth and placed onboard a ship ; Chapter VII. About events in preparation
for sailing ; Chapter VIII. About our travel to the Barbary Coast and what happened
during that voyage ; Chapter IX. About some difficulties which the Turks had on the
voyage and about how they reacted ; Chapter X. About how it went (to the best of
my knowledge) for the good people who had been captured and were taken to that place
[i.e., Algiers] ; Chapter XI. About what happened to me and my family thereafter
; Chapter XII. About the remarkable things I saw and about the town [i.e., Algiers]
itself ; Chapter XIII. About the dress of the people and how their plates and drinking
cups were in that place ; Chapter XIV. About how I was driven from Algiers and how
things went on my miserable travels ; Chapter XV. About what went on in that place
[Livorno], good and bad, and about my journey to Germany ; Chapter XVI. About the
place [Livorno], its churches, the habits of the monks, their dress, and their way
of performing divine service ; Chapter XVII. About their dress in that town [Livorno]
and the unusual things that I saw there ; Chapter XVIII. About my travels to Genoa,
and from there to Marseilles ; Chapter XIX. About what happened to me in Marseilles
and what prevented me from travelling to Paris ; Chapter XX. About some of the handwork
and events which I saw there for providing food for the people ; Chapter XXI. About
Marseilles itself, the dress of the inhabitants, both men and women, and about my
travels from there Chapter XXII. About what happened to me in Holland, and about that
country and its places ; Chapter XXIII. About my travels to Fleyland [the island
of Vlieland] and to Kronuborg [Kronborg, on the island of Zealand, in Denmark] and
my reception there ; Chapter XXIV. About my arrival in Copenhagen, my good reception,
and donations from honest men, learned and not ; Chapter XXV. About my complaint,
which I had to relate to everyone, and about how I was incapacitated by my sorrows,
and about what sorrow and pain may do for us ; Chapter XXVI. About my voyage from
Copenhagen to Iceland and how I was received when I came there ; Chapter XXVII. About
the comfort and consolation which we get from the words of God; He tells us to pray
for help and promises us a hearing; and of this we have examples ; Afterword.
