British captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 /

British captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 /

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Author / Creator:	Matar, N. I. (Nabil I.), 1949- author.
Imprint:	Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Description:	xiii, 334 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; volume 28 Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 28.
Subject:	Piracy -- Mediterranean Region -- History. Piracy -- Atlantic Ocean -- History. Piracy -- Africa, North -- History. British -- Mediterranean Region -- History. British -- Africa, North -- History. Captivity -- Mediterranean Region -- History. Captivity -- Africa, North -- History. Captivity -- Political aspects -- History. World politics -- To 1900. British. Captivity. Piracy. World politics. Mediterranean Region -- History -- 1517-1789. Africa, North. Atlantic Ocean. Mediterranean Region. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10077386

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ISBN:	9789004264496 (hardback : acid-free paper) 9004264493 (hardback : acid-free paper) 9789004264502 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

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