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Barbary Crusade, the Glossary

The Barbary Crusade, also called the Mahdia Crusade, was a Franco-Genoese military expedition in 1390 that led to the siege of Mahdia, then a stronghold of the Barbary pirates in Hafsidi Ifriqiya (geographically corresponding to modern Tunisia).^[1]

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1390
13th century in Ifriqiya
14th century in Ifriqiya
Battles involving the Republic of Genoa
Battles of the Crusades
Conflicts in 1390
History of Mahdia
Military history of Tunisia
Sieges

A Distant Mirror

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century is a narrative history book by the American historian Barbara Tuchman, first published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1978.

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Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II

Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II (reigned 1370–1394) was a Hafsid Caliph of Ifriqiya.

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Antoniotto I Adorno

The Most Serene Prince Antoniotto Adorno (1340 – Finale Ligure, 1398) was the 6th doge of the Republic of Genoa and rose four times to this supposedly lifelong position, making him the person most often elected to the Doge office in the history of the republic.

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Barbary Coast

The Barbary Coast (also Barbary, Berbery, or Berber Coast) was the name given to the coastal regions of central and western North Africa or more specifically the Maghreb and the Ottoman borderlands consisting of the regencies in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, as well as the Sultanate of Morocco from the 16th to 19th centuries.

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Barbary pirates

The Barbary pirates, Barbary corsairs, Ottoman corsairs, or naval mujahideen (in Muslim sources) were mainly Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from the largely independent Ottoman Barbary states.

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Battle of Nicopolis

The Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied Crusader army (assisted by the Venetian navy) at the hands of an Ottoman force, raising the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis and leading to the end of the Second Bulgarian Empire. Barbary Crusade and Battle of Nicopolis are Battles of the Crusades.

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Béjaïa

Béjaïa (بجاية, Bijāya,, Bgayet) formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia.

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Charles VI of France

Charles VI (3 December 136821 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved (le Bien-Aimé) and in the 19th century, the Mad (le Fol or le Fou), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422.

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Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.

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Enguerrand VII de Coucy

Enguerrand VII de Coucy, (1340 – 18 February 1397), also known as Ingelram de Coucy and Ingelram de Couci, was a medieval French nobleman and the last Lord of Coucy.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Froissart's Chronicles

Froissart's Chronicles (or Chroniques) are a prose history of the Hundred Years' War written in the 14th century by Jean Froissart.

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Gadifer de la Salle

Gadifer de La Salle (Sainte-Radegonde, 1340 –1415) was a French knight and crusader of Poitevine origin who, with Jean de Béthencourt, conquered and explored the Canary Islands for the Kingdom of Castile.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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Geoffrey Boucicaut

Geoffrey Boucicaut, was the brother of the illustrious marshal of France Jean le Maingre.

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Giacomo Fregoso

Giacomo Fregoso or Campofregoso (1340–1420) was a statesman who became the 10th doge of Genoa.

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Hafsid dynasty

The Hafsids (الحفصيون al-Ḥafṣiyūn) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa, (University Press of America, 1999), 84. who ruled Ifriqiya (modern day Tunisia, western Libya, and eastern Algeria) from 1229 to 1574. Barbary Crusade and Hafsid dynasty are 13th century in Ifriqiya and 14th century in Ifriqiya.

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Hafsids of Béjaïa

The Hafsids of Béjaïa were a dynasty of independent or autonomous emirs.

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Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham KG, also known in older sources as Lord Scrope (c. 1373 – 5 August 1415) was a favourite of Henry V, who performed many diplomatic missions.

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Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages.

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Ifriqiya

Ifriqiya, also known as al-Maghrib al-Adna (المغرب الأدنى), was a medieval historical region comprising today's Tunisia and eastern Algeria, and Tripolitania (roughly western Libya). Barbary Crusade and Ifriqiya are 14th century in Ifriqiya.

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Indulgence

In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (from indulgeo, 'permit') is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for (forgiven) sins".

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Jean de Béthencourt

Jean de Béthencourt (1362–1425) was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote.

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Jean de Vienne

Jean de Vienne (1341 – 25 September 1396) was a French knight, general and Admiral of France during the Hundred Years' War.

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John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset

John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, (c. 1373 – 16 March 1410) was an English nobleman and politician.

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John the Fearless

John I (Jean sans Peur; Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 137110 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his assassination in 1419.

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John VII, Count of Harcourt

Jean VII d'Harcourt (1369-18 December 1452, Châtellerault) was a French nobleman.

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Kingdom of France

The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period.

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Kingdom of Tlemcen

The Kingdom of Tlemcen or Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen (الزيانيون) was a kingdom ruled by the Berber Zayyanid dynasty in what is now the northwest of Algeria.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.

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Louis II, Duke of Bourbon

Louis de Bourbon, called the Good (c.1337 – 1410), was the third Duke of Bourbon.

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Mahdia

Mahdia (المهدية) is a Tunisian coastal city with 62,189 inhabitants, south of Monastir and southeast of Sousse.

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Philip of Artois, Count of Eu

Philip of Artois (1358 – 16 June 1397), sometimes Philip I, son of John of Artois, Count of Eu, and Isabeau of Melun, was Count of Eu from 1387 until his death, succeeding his brother Robert.

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Piracy

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods.

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Republic of Genoa

The Republic of Genoa (Repúbrica de Zêna; Repubblica di Genova; Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the years 1099 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast.

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