[2banana]

As the two flagships collided, the charge was led — however improbably — by a woman, Maria "La Bailadora" (The Dancer), disguised as a man and "burning to avenge the contempt for womanhood" displayed by the Turks, observes Carroll. Another unlikely combatant, 75-year-old Sebastian Veniero, strode the decks clad in slippers, calmly dispatching Turks with his antique crossbow.

How NOW and AARP should be acting...

[Frantzie]

All Christians should know this histoiry and the Battle of Vienna especially Catholics. I think Pope Bendict knows we are going to be tested again soon.

The Muslims/Turks would enter villages in Italy and Greece and murder the population and take slaves. Most of the Muslim ships had Christian slave oarsmen who rebelled. The Chsritian fleet had freemen.

Also if you own a Beretta gun - your weapon was part of the battle. Beretta was founded around this time an dtheir first order was for rifle barrels in Venice. Venice provided the most ships and the rifles (arequebus) used were deadly.

[C19fan]

When I read that sentence I said “WOW”!!!! A 16th century Western woman who NOW and their ilk would think was oppressed in a “patriarchial” society knew what true oppression for women was under Islam.