Pirates’ beliefs and Religion …show more content…
The pirates of the eighteenth century refused to take religion since they thought it means controlling the citizens(7)At that time,religion played a crucial role in the Crusades, the wars pitted the Christians against the Muslims.(7)Most of the pirates in the 17th and 18th century were Christian, France and Britain were both enemies of Spain, as they attacked their ships and cities.(7)Pirates were often visited by priests who encouraged them to leave piracy before they are hanged.(8)Other pirates believed that encouraging God’s presence on board their ships was good luck.(8)In conclusion, pirates did have many laws but piracy was a sin from the Christian perspective.(8) The real reason for the eye patches was so that one eye would be used to darkness, which made it easier to fight below deck when boarding ships.
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Famous Pirates
There are many pirates in the sea, but not all of them are scary, most of them are just planning on a robbery. William Kidd was born in Scotland, after being a pirate the crew has decided to attack, which caused William to be hanged in 1701.(10) Edward Teach was also known as Black beard, he began as a pirate under Benjamin Hornigold. (11) Black beard had headquarters in the Bahamas and the Carolinas.(11) Thomas Tew was one of the most famous Red Sea pirates.He came from a wealthy family in Bermuda(12)Francis drake was born in 1540,in England,and was a pirate before being chosen as the leader of an expedition.(13) Charles E. Boles was known as Black Bart, he was born in California, he named himself Black Bart because as he once was reading a book “The Case of Summerfield,” he thought of that name.(14)Jack Rackham was known as Calico Jack, he got his name from all of the Calico clothes he wore.(15)On November 16 , Calico Jack and his crew were hanged because they were found guilty for poracu.