Cambios y resistencias sociales en la Edad Moderna. Un análisis comparativo entre el centro y la periferia mediterránea de la Monarquía Hispánica, ed. Ricardo Franch Benavent, Fernando Andrés Robres and Rafael Benítez Sánchez-Blanco, Madrid, Sílex, 2014, p. 263-271
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In particular, this paper will focus on cases of former Christian captives who settled in the territories of the Hispanic Monarchy during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Special attention will be paid to various situations of economic dependence. Dependence could come from impoverishment but also lead to more extreme situations.
We will discuss two cases among these extreme fates. First, this paper will tackle the case of imprisonment for debt of the former captives who were unable to reimburse their ransom. This situation could paradoxically entail longer detentions than those experienced in the Barbary Coast. Secondly, the paper will also examine the mechanism developed in the North African presidios, where captives who were unable to immediately reimburse their ransom to the governors were forced to work for free during a certain time. This mechanism, in practice, implied frequent abuses and became a form of forced labour.
In particular, this paper will focus on cases of former Christian captives who settled in the territories of the Hispanic Monarchy during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Special attention will be paid to various situations of economic dependence. Dependence could come from impoverishment but also lead to more extreme situations.
We will discuss two cases among these extreme fates. First, this paper will tackle the case of imprisonment for debt of the former captives who were unable to reimburse their ransom. This situation could paradoxically entail longer detentions than those experienced in the Barbary Coast. Secondly, the paper will also examine the mechanism developed in the North African presidios, where captives who were unable to immediately reimburse their ransom to the governors were forced to work for free during a certain time. This mechanism, in practice, implied frequent abuses and became a form of forced labour.
This multidisciplinary workshop project seeks to contribute to ongoing debates about frontiers, migration, and legal frameworks by bringing together expertise and research interests from across the Max Weber Programme and beyond. Given the current relevance of this theme, we aim to draw on historical, legal and social science approaches in order to stimulate a conversation across academic disciplines, which have often tended to consider these questions in isolation.
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