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

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages) Series Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; v. 28 Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 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 Summary In British Captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760, Nabil Matar furnishes a list of the names of all captives in the British archive and presents a chronological study of the historical and social background of British captivity "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 Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-323) and index Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (EbscoHost, viewed October 30, 2014) 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. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. British Captivity Piracy World politics SUBJECT Mediterranean Region -- History -- 1517-1789. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005649 Subject North Africa Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9789004264502 9004264507

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