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1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830,
1570-0542 ;
v. 28
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Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 28.
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Summary |
In British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760, Nabil Matar furnishes a list of the names of all captives in the British archive and presents a chronological study of the historical and social background of British captivity. |
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"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. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-323) and index. |
Contents |
Apologia -- Foreword -- 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. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Piracy -- Mediterranean Region -- History.
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Piracy. |
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Mediterranean Region. |
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History. |
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Piracy -- Atlantic Ocean -- History.
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Atlantic Ocean. |
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Piracy -- Africa, North -- History.
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North Africa. |
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British -- Mediterranean Region -- History.
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British. |
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British -- Africa, North -- History.
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Captivity -- Mediterranean Region -- History.
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Captivity. |
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Captivity -- Africa, North -- History.
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Captivity -- Political aspects -- History.
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World politics -- To 1900.
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World politics. |
Chronological Term |
To 1900 |
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Mediterranean Region -- History -- 1517-1789.
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Chronological Term |
1517-1789 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Matar, Nabil. British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760. Leiden : BRILL, ©2014 9789004264496 |
ISBN |
9789004264502 (electronic book) |
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9004264507 (electronic book) |
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9789004264496 (hardback) |
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9004264493 (hardback) |
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