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001 2014007724
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100 1 $aMatar, N. I.$q(Nabil I.),$d1949-$eauthor.
245 10 $aBritish captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 /$cby Nabil Matar.
264 1 $aLeiden, the Netherlands ;$aBoston :$bBrill,$c[2014]
300 $axiii, 334 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aAtlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830,$x1570-0542 ;$vvolume 28
520 2 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 300-323) and index.
505 0 $aApologia -- 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.
650 0 $aPiracy$zMediterranean Region$xHistory.
650 0 $aPiracy$zAtlantic Ocean$xHistory.
650 0 $aPiracy$zAfrica, North$xHistory.
650 0 $aBritish$zMediterranean Region$xHistory.
650 0 $aBritish$zAfrica, North$xHistory.
650 0 $aCaptivity$zMediterranean Region$xHistory.
650 0 $aCaptivity$zAfrica, North$xHistory.
650 0 $aCaptivity$xPolitical aspects$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorld politics$yTo 1900.
651 0 $aMediterranean Region$xHistory$y1517-1789.