British captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 / by Nabil Matar.

Author/creator Matar, N. I., 1949-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Descriptionxiii, 334 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
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.
Mediterranean Region--History. --1517-1789.

SeriesAtlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; volume 28
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.
Scope and content "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 300-323) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014007724
ISBN9789004264496 (hardback : acid-free paper)

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