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British captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760
- Title
- British captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 / by Nabil Matar.
- Author
- Matar, N. I. (Nabil I.), 1949-
- Publication
- Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
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- Description
- xiii, 334 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- Summary
- "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.
- Series Statement
- Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; volume 28
- Uniform Title
- Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 28.
- Subjects
- Mittelmeerraum
- Gefangener
- Piracy > Africa, North > History
- Briten
- Captivity > Political aspects > History
- British > Mediterranean Region > History
- Atlantischer Ozean
- Piracy > Atlantic Ocean > History
- Captivity > Africa, North > History
- British > Africa, North > History
- Seeräuberei
- Nordafrika
- Barbareskenstaaten
- Mediterranean Region > History > 1517-1789
- Mittelmeer
- Piracy > Mediterranean Region > History
- World politics > To 1900
- Captivity > Mediterranean Region > History
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-7022
- ISBN
- 9789004264496 (hardback : acid-free paper)
- 9004264493 (hardback : acid-free paper)
- 9004264507
- 9789004264502
- 9789004264502 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014007724
- OCLC
- 872222279
- Author
- Matar, N. I. (Nabil I.), 1949- author.
- Title
- British captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 / by Nabil Matar.
- Publisher
- Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; volume 28Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 28.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-323) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-7022