Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean

1550-1810

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean explores the early modern genre of European Barbary Coast captivity narratives from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. During this period, the Mediterranean Sea was the setting of large-scale corsairing that resulted in the capture or enslavement of Europeans and Americans by North African pirates, as well as of North Africans by European forces, turning the Barbary Coast into the nemesis of any who went to sea. Through a variety of specifically selected narrative case studies, this book displays the blend of both authentic eye witness accounts and literary fictions that emerged against the backdrop of the tumultuous Mediterranean Sea. A wide range of other primary sources, from letters to ransom lists and newspaper articles to scientific texts, highlights the impact of piracy and captivity across key European regions, including France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Scandinavia, and Britain, as well as the United States and North Africa. Divided into four parts and offering a variety of national and cultural vantage points, Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean addresses both the background from which captivity narratives were born and the narratives themselves. It is essential reading for scholars and students of early modern slavery and piracy.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-10-02
Mått156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt578 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Early Modern History
Antal sidor282
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138640276

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Lists of figuresAcknowledgements Notes on ContributorsIntroduction Mario KlarerPart 1 Labor and Law1. Trading Identities: Balthasar Sturmer’s Verzeichnis der Reise (1558) and the Making of the European Barbary Captivity NarrativeMario Klarer2. Unkind Dealings: English Captivity Narratives, Commercial Transformation, and the Economy of Unfree Labor in the Early Modern PeriodDaniel Vitkus3. Ambivalences of Recognition: The Position of the Barbary Corsairs in Early Modern International Law and International PoliticsWalter Rech4. "Free, Unfree, Captive, Slave:" António de Saldanha, a Late Sixteenth-Century Captive in MarrakeshPeter MarkPart 2 Home and Hybridity5. "Renegades:" Converts to Islam in American Barbary Captivity Narratives of the 1790sAnna Diamantouli6. Identity Crises of Homecomers from the Barbary CoastRobert Spindler7. "Arab Speculators:" States and Ransom Slavery in the Western Sahara Christine E. SearsPart 3 Diplomacy and Deliverance8. Michael Heberer: A Prisoner in the Ottoman NavyRobert Rebitsch9. Piracy, Diplomacy, and Cultural Circulations in the MediterraneanKhalid Bekkaoui10. A Comparison of Confraternity Models in the "Redemption of Slaves" in Europe: The Broederschap der alderheylighste Dryvuldigheyt of Brugge/Bruges and the Scuola della Santissima Trinità of VeniceAndrea Pelizza Part 4 Oppositions and Otherness11. A Huguenot Captive in ‘Uthman Dey’s Court: Histoire chronologique du royaume de Tripoly (1685) and Its AuthorGillian Weiss12. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa: Clashing Portraits of a Corsair-KingDiana de Armas Wilson13. Two Arabic Accounts of Captivity in Malta: Texts and ContextsNabil Matar