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   Øystein H. Brekke ᚯᛦᛌᛐᛅᛁᚿ ᚼ ᛒ (oysteib@masto.ai)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 19:22:09 JST Øystein H. Brekke ᚯᛦᛌᛐᛅᛁᚿ ᚼ ᛒ

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   Serious historians might say "No no, don't call him a pirate, he worked for ex-king Christian II, which means he was a privateer, not a pirate!" Sure, but to his victims, it really didn't matter. They called him "rover" "deef" - "robber" and "thief". Or indeed, "pirate".
   Pechlin preyed on shipping and vulnerable coastal communities, monasteries and such, between Denmark and Norway, in the summer of 1526. 2/*

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     Øystein H. Brekke ᚯᛦᛌᛐᛅᛁᚿ ᚼ ᛒ (oysteib@masto.ai)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 19:22:10 JST Øystein H. Brekke ᚯᛦᛌᛐᛅᛁᚿ ᚼ ᛒ

     It is 498 years ago more or less these days, since the epic fight between two Hansa ships under Captain Carsten Thode and the pirate Martin Pechlin on the southern tip of Norway, close to present day Mandal. The really great thing about it, is that one of the people on Thode's ship wrote a detailed account of what happened, which is a great read.

     Martin Pechlin worked for the Nordic ex-king Christian II. He was German himself, came from Fehmarn, just outside Lübeck. 1/*
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     Børge repeated this.