ISBN:
978-1-58046-974-6
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 243 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen ;
,
24 cm.
Series Statement:
Changing perspectives on early modern Europe
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Netherlands / Foreign relations / Africa, North
;
Africa, North / Foreign relations / Netherlands
;
Western Mediterranean / Strategic aspects
;
Netherlands / Foreign relations / 1556-1648
;
Netherlands / Foreign relations / 1648-1795
;
Africa, North / History / 1517-1882
;
Mediterranean Region / Western Mediterranean
;
Netherlands
;
North Africa
;
1517-1882
;
Geschichte 1596-1726
;
Christian slaves / Africa, North / History / 17th century
;
Religion and international relations
;
Diplomacy / History
;
Christian slaves
;
Diplomacy
;
Diplomatic relations
;
Strategic aspects of individual places
;
Auslandsbeziehungen.
;
Diplomatie.
;
Niederlande.
;
Nordafrika.
;
History
;
Auslandsbeziehungen
;
Diplomatie
;
Geschichte 1596-1726
Abstract:
"Analyzes how negotiations between Dutch consuls and North African rulers over the liberation of Dutch sailors helped create a new diplomatic order in the western Mediterranean"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Global treaty making : from Morocco to Constantinople -- Captivity and diplomacy in Algiers and Tunis -- The consul as state representative -- Ransoming is the norm -- Collective redemption : naval violence and hostage taking -- A true public minister : consuls and Jewish mediators -- The reluctant state -- The cannon as gift : institutionalizing the problem
