Forgotten Pirates How Maritime Outlaws Shaped Politics, Trade, and Power in the Medieval World

When we think of pirates, we imagine treasure maps, black flags, and the lawless rogues of the Caribbean. But centuries before the age of the Golden Age of Piracy, the seas of Europe and the Mediterranean were already ruled by far more dangerous and far more influential maritime outlaws.In The Forgotten Pirates, the medieval world comes alive as a turbulent arena where raiders, rulers, merchants, ...