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Greeks in Malta

  • ... that Malta's Greek community once included slaves, as well as the privateers who captured them? For the slave population, see Brogini 2002: Auprès de ces esclaves non chrétiens, vivent à Malte des esclaves chrétiens en nombre assez conséquent (20% des esclaves). Ces esclaves sont souvent des Grecs ou des chrétiens d’Orient (Syrie, Egypte), ou encore des habitants d’Europe centrale et orientale (Hongrie, Valachie) qui ont été capturés le long de la route d’Alexandrie ... Une fois à Malte, ils doivent prouver leur appartenance à la religion chrétienne pour recouvrer leur liberté, mais ils peuvent également être maintenus dans leur condition servile. ("Alongside these non-Christian slaves, Malta was inhabited by Christian slaves in rather consistent numbers (20% of the slaves). These slaves were often Greeks and Christians of the Orient (Syria, Egypt), or even inhabitants of Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary, Wallachia), captured along the Alexandria route ... Having reached Malta, they needed to prove their belonging to the Christian faith in order to recover their freedom, but they could also be left in their servile state.") For the privateers, Blondy 1994b, p. 77: [Les corsaires] c'étaient avant tout des Provençalo-Marseillais qui trouvaient ainsi le moyen d'agrandir leur fortune et d'établir, à Malte, une correspondance avec leur propre maison de commerce française. C'étaient aussi des Siciliens ou des Napolitains, des Grecs ou des Ragusais qui répondaient aux mêmes intérêts. ("[Corsairs] were above all Provencal-Marseillais people who thus found a way to increase their fortunes and to set up, in Malta, a correspondence with their very own French commercial house. They were also Sicilians and Neapolitans, Greeks and Ragusans, who had similar interests in mind.") And p. 87: Michel Fontenay recense 300 corsaires laïcs au XVIIe siècle, dont 235 d'origine connue : 49 % sont des "Maltais"..., 34 % Français, 8 % Italiens, 5 % Grecs, 2 % Espagnols, 1,5 % Dalmates et 0,5 % Flamands. ("Michel Fontenay counts 300 lay corsairs during the 17th century, of whom 235 had a known origin: 49% are Maltese..., 34% French, 8% Italian, 5% Greek, 2% Spanish, 1.5% Dalmatian and 0.5% Flemish.")

5x expanded by Dahn (talk). Self-nominated at 13:59, 25 March 2018 (UTC).