ISBN:
9789004264496
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 334 S.
,
Ill.
Series Statement:
Atlantic world 28
Series Statement:
The Atlantic world
DDC:
364.15/40892101821
Keywords:
Piracy History
;
Piracy History
;
Piracy History
;
British History
;
British History
;
Captivity History
;
Captivity History
;
Captivity Political aspects
;
History
;
World politics To 1900
;
Mediterranean Region History 1517-1789
;
Mittelmeerraum
;
Mittelmeer
;
Atlantischer Ozean
;
Nordafrika
;
Barbareskenstaaten
;
Seeräuberei
;
Briten
;
Gefangener
;
Geschichte 1563-1760
Abstract:
"'British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760' provides the first study of British captives in the North African Atlantic and Mediterranean, from the reign of Elizabeth I to George II. Based on extensive archival research in the United Kingdom, Nabil Matar furnishes the names of all captives while examining the problems that historians face in determining the numbers of early modern Britons in captivity. Matar also describes the roles which the monarchy, parliament, trading companies, and churches played (or did not play) in ransoming captives. He questions the emphasis on religious polarization in piracy and shows how much financial constraints, royal indifference, and corruption delayed the return of captives. As rivalry between Britain and France from 1688 on dominated the western Mediterranean and Atlantic, Matar concludes by showing how captives became the casus belli that justified European expansion"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
"British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 provides the first study of British captives in the North African Atlantic and Mediterranean, from the reign of Elizabeth I to George II. Based on extensive archival research in the United Kingdom, Nabil Matar furnishes the names of all captives while examining the problems that historians face in determining the numbers of early modern Britons in captivity. Matar also describes the roles which the monarchy, parliament, trading companies, and churches played (or did not play) in ransoming captives. He questions the emphasis on religious polarization in piracy and shows how much financial constraints, royal indifference, and corruption delayed the return of captives. As rivarly between Britain and France from 1688 on dominated the western Mediterranean and Atlantic, Matar concludes by showing how captives became the casus belli that justified European expansion"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
ApologiaForeword -- A note on citations -- List of figures -- Introduction -- Britons in Mediterranean and Atlantic : captivity and piracy -- Sources -- Caveats -- North Africa, the Indian Ocean, and North America -- "Christian piracy" -- Captives and captors : 1563-1760 -- The Elizabethan Period, 1558-1603 -- The Jacobean Period, 1603-1625 -- The Caroline Period, 1625-1649 -- The Interregnum Period, 1649-1660 -- The Restoration Period, 1660-1688 -- William and Mary, and Queen Anne, 1688-1714 -- The periods of George I, 1714-1727, and George II, 1727-1760 -- The Northern invasion -- Tripoli -- Algiers -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Captives' names.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [300] - 323
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http://www.brill.com/products/book/british-captives-mediterranean-atlantic-1563-1760
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http://www.brill.com/products/book/british-captives-mediterranean-atlantic-1563-1760
