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Thread #63880   Message #1189542
Posted By: manitas_at_work
20-May-04 - 08:51 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: How Barbary Pirates Learned Their Trade
Subject: RE: Folklore: How Barbary Pirates Learned Their Trade
Isn't that a different Barbarossa? The Holy Roman Emporor ( whose proper name was Charles?) is believed to be asleep somewhere awaiting Germany's hour of need much like King Arthur in Britain or Ogier the Dane in Denmark.