I'm trying to research piracy in the early 15th century (1406 to be exact) and all I can find is 16th century information. Any ideas?
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15th Century Pirates
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Look up John Hawley (privateer, pirate and ....mayor lol)
Also the Victual Brothers were about that time, Angelo Di Faffaele (sp?) and Barbary pirates. Hugh Courtenay was a decade after you want I think (1420?), but details of all these might help. And didn't Chaucer write about pirates?
Also the Victual Brothers were about that time, Angelo Di Faffaele (sp?) and Barbary pirates. Hugh Courtenay was a decade after you want I think (1420?), but details of all these might help. And didn't Chaucer write about pirates?
Barbary pirates were after the 15th century, they were only small emirates back then without any real power since the Ottomans and Venetians patrolled the Mediterranean Seas every day.
Piracy wasn't such a big problem in the 15th century ironically, it became later on when the big fleets were dismantled and there was no real power to make sure the convoys were adequately protected.
Until the British Navy and the US frigates came along.
Piracy wasn't such a big problem in the 15th century ironically, it became later on when the big fleets were dismantled and there was no real power to make sure the convoys were adequately protected.
Until the British Navy and the US frigates came along.
You could be right re the Barbary lot, I was going from memory...which ain't always a good thing!
Read about Dartmouth, England, c. 1400 and shortly thereafter.
Chaucer even makes jokes about it--they were notorious, and as a wine merchant's son, and an import agent for the crown, he had reason to look upon them with dislike.
Chaucer even makes jokes about it--they were notorious, and as a wine merchant's son, and an import agent for the crown, he had reason to look upon them with dislike.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victual_Brothers
Late fourteenth, early fifteenth century privateers turned bonafide pirates. The article continues with a look at their fifteenth century successors, the Likedeelers. Both groups fought the Hanseatic League.
Late fourteenth, early fifteenth century privateers turned bonafide pirates. The article continues with a look at their fifteenth century successors, the Likedeelers. Both groups fought the Hanseatic League.