[MR] Question (fwd)

[Craig Levin]

Stephanie:

> I have been pondering on this question for a while to whom to ask 
> this too. I just figured I would just email it out on the MR, and see
> if someone would help me with the answer to it. 

Well, that's one of the reasons why we all gather here...

> I  have done research, and cannot for the life of me find out......
> Where in Pre-1600, to which the SCA is ALL about, has there EVER been
> Piarates? Please help me with this. Im lost.

Piracy was a scourge to practically every body of water large
enough to float a raft until the development of the modern
navies. I've got plenty of resources on piracy in the English
Channel, conveniently located at:

http://www.florilegium.org/files/TRAVEL/Seakeeping-p1-art.html

and:

http://www.florilegium.org/files/TRAVEL/Seakeeping-p2-art.html

Braudel's _The Mediterranean_ has sections on piracy in that sea,
and, in general, any good and honest history of the major
seafaring nations will cover piracy. 

Pedro