Autore
Fiume, Giovanna

Titolo
L'impossibile riscatto di Aly del Marnegro, "turco vero"
Periodico
Quaderni storici
Anno: 2012 - Volume: 140 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 385 - Pagina finale: 424

In 1624 the corsair Aly Raìs was captured by Sicilian galleys. Broughtto Palermo, the Inquisition suspected that it was dealing with a renegadeChristian. After gathering numerous testimonies and locating his baptismalrecords, they formally accused him of being the Ferrarese Francesco Guicciardino,taken by corsairs as a child and brought to Tunis, where he embracedthe Muslim religion, became captain of the galleys of Biserta, and preyed onChristian shipping. Against these accusations, Aly claimed to be «Turkish»by birth and hence beyond the jurisdiction of the Holy Office. By examiningsources from Madrid (the inquisitorial records), from Tunis (the correspondencebetween the leaders of the Regency and French consular documents),and from Palermo (the letters of the Deputation for the Ransoming of Captivesand of Cardinal Giannettino Doria), it is possible to reconstruct the political and diplomatic negotiations over a failed ransom, which enables us to see the complex of interests in play, beyond the commercial and financial interests typical of the economie de la rançon.



SICI: 0301-6307(2012)140:2<385:LRDADM>2.0.ZU;2-4
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