"A Thorn in Spain's Side" by Jen Knutson
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News Article
Abstract
"A Thorn in Spain's Side: The Rise & Fall of 16th Century French Huguenot Corsairs," an Alliance Française Lecture with Jen Knutson Before the Age of Piracy, French Huguenot Corsairs used their wealth and influence to rise in rank to lead the French navy and advance to the French nobility, only to lose it all and be expelled from France in the next century. Jen Knutson is the Assistant Director of the University of South Alabama Archaeology Museum in Mobile, Alabama (B.A., University of North Florida) and president of the Alabama Archaeological Society, Southwest Chapter and the Florida Anthropological Society. Jen is also a Project Archaeology certified Master Teacher and public archaeologist. Originally from north Alabama, she has excavated sites across northern Florida from St. Augustine to Pensacola, including work on her current M.A. thesis research at the University of West Florida on the French Huguenot Colony of Campbelltown in British West Florida.
Publication Date
Spring 4-25-2024
Recommended Citation
Knutson, Jen, ""A Thorn in Spain's Side" by Jen Knutson" (2024). Speaker Presentations. 8.
https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/museum-archives_presentations/8
"A Thorn in Spain's Side: The Rise & Fall of 16th Century French Huguenot Corsairs," an Alliance Française Lecture with Jen Knutson Before the Age of Piracy, French Huguenot Corsairs used their wealth and influence to rise in rank to lead the French navy and advance to the French nobility, only to lose it all and be expelled from France in the next century. Jen Knutson is the Assistant Director of the University of South Alabama Archaeology Museum in Mobile, Alabama (B.A., University of North Florida) and president of the Alabama Archaeological Society, Southwest Chapter and the Florida Anthropological Society. Jen is also a Project Archaeology certified Master Teacher and public archaeologist. Originally from north Alabama, she has excavated sites across northern Florida from St. Augustine to Pensacola, including work on her current M.A. thesis research at the University of West Florida on the French Huguenot Colony of Campbelltown in British West Florida.