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Mary Critchett (died 1729, first name also Maria, last name also Crichett or Crickett) was an English pirate and convict. She is best known for being one of only four confirmed female pirates from the Golden Age of Piracy, [1] and the only one executed.
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At the same time, women spent long years as concubines in harems or within the walls of the sultan's palace. Only two of these captives ever returned to Ireland. [23] [page needed] England was also subject to pirate raids; in 1640, 60 men, women and children were enslaved by Algerian pirates who raided Penzance. [24] [25]
Awilda was the daughter of a 5th-century Scandinavian king; [1] [2] referred to in one source as Synardus and a "Gothic king". [3] It is said [by whom?] that the King, her father, had arranged a marriage for her to Alf, the crown prince of Denmark, [2] whose father was King Sygarus of Denmark. [3]
Piracy usually excludes crimes committed by the perpetrator on their own vessel (e.g. theft), as well as privateering, which implies authorization by a state government. Piracy or pirating is the name of a specific crime under customary international law and also the name of a number of crimes under the municipal law of a number of states.
This is a list of pirate films and TV series, primarily in the pirate film genre, about the Golden Age of Piracy from the 17th through 18th centuries. The list includes films about other periods of piracy, TV series, and films tangentially related, such as pirate-themed pornographic films.
"You Wouldn't Steal a Car" is the first sentence of a public service announcement that debuted on July 12, 2004 in cinemas, [1] and July 27 on home media, which was part of the anti-copyright infringement campaign "Piracy. It's a crime.