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Piracy und its conséquences on the populetion of Aegean Islands during 17th century

• Γκούσιος, Χαράλαμπος

Although piracy was an endemic phenomenon ever since ancient times, the 17th century forms a stepping stone in its development. To the pirates already ravaging the Aegean islands and capturing their inhabitants besides the Muslim pirates, Christian corsairs, who literally force their own laws, can now be added. The writer maintains - according to the bibliographical sources - that Turkish suffered demographic bleeding on the Greek islands as well. This benefited the enslaved Greek maritime regions, which took a self administration in its communities, with the lapse of time. On the other hand, the thriving of piracy caused the Greeks to suffer other misfortunes, for exemple demographic ones, to such an extent that not only the slave markets of the Orient or Africa but also the Ottoman ships were full of Greek slaves. This resulted ot demographic decrease in various areas.

• Economics and Business

• Οικονομική ιστορία

Τίτλος: Η πειρατεία και οι επιπτώσεις της στους νησιώτικους πληθυσμούς του Αιγαίου κατά τον 17ο αιώνα