British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-26449-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: The Atlantic World

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matar, Nabil

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Apologia
Foreword
A Note on Citations
List of Figures
Introduction

1 Britons in Mediterranean and Atlantic: Captivity and Piracy
Sources
Caveats
North Africa, the Indian Ocean, and North America
‘Christian’ Piracy

2 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

3 The Northern Invasion
Tripoli
Algiers
Conclusion
Appendix: Captives’ names
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nabil Matar, Ph.D. (1976), Cambridge University, is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. From 1998-2005, he published a trilogy on Britain and the Islamic World, along with other monographs, articles, and encyclopedia entries. He is the author of Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam (2013).