Pirates des Caraïbes : réalité ou fiction ?

Si je vous dis “croisade”, vous allez peut-être penser aux Templiers, aux Hospitaliers, ou encore aux Teutoniques. Ça, ce sont certainement les ordres religieux-militaires les plus connus ! Les plus connus peut-être, mais clairement pas les seuls. Il y en a eu beaucoup d’autres, ...  Show more

Vous allez pouvoir entendre dans quelques jours sur le podcast un entretien en compagnie de Philippe Josserand. Philippe, c’est un spécialiste des ordres religieux-militaires, et ce sera justement l’occasion de revenir ensemble sur leur histoire. Mais quand je vous parle de ces o ...  Show more

Hollywood adores the loveable rogue. Pirates are often depicted as wisecracking, kind-hearted individuals who set out for treasure but inevitably do the right thing. In the end, he usually gets the girl and the treasure. Pirates. The word itself hints at a story. And in our final ...  Show more

Throughout the late 17th and early 18th Century, the waters of the Caribbean were crawling with pirates. Stories about swash-buckling buccaneers, and insatiable treasure-seekers haunted the tropical islands, as navies tried in vain to put a stop to their reign of terror. But who ...  Show more

Nowadays most people know the pirates depicted in fiction bear little resemblance to real-life, historical pirates. Few actually buried any treasure, and fewer still lived in secretive island hideouts -- however, in at least one case, the truth appears stranger than fiction. Join ...  Show more

They are familiar figures in folklore and popular culture, swashbuckling across the silver screen, snarling on stage as pantomime villains or committing daring deeds in childhood literary classics. But who were the real life pirates of the Caribbean and how much of what we think ...  Show more