Merchants, privateers and pirates
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Aside from comprehensive research in the archives of the Republic of Montenegro which still needs to be completed, sources from other places make it possible to shed some light on the commercial maritime activity of people from the... more
El siguiente trabajo pretende analizar de manera breve la presencia de corsarios y piratas en la isla de La Española entre los mediados del siglo XVI y los mediados del XVII, realizando una breve visión de sus actores, características y... more
The rise and decline of Atlantic piracy has been used to gauge the level of commercial, administrative, naval, and diplomatic control that Britain exercised in the Atlantic. Indeed, historians have suggested that by 1730, Britain had... more
y B. Joel, “Death Be Not Proud: A Denouement of How one Man and his Death Made One Small Island Become More Detrimental to England Than All the Forces of her Enemies, A Story of Isaac Van Dam of Statia". Gunpowder and the American... more
This work analyses the public perception of the role of privateers and their transition to pirates and examines both negative and positive outcomes in various areas like diplomacy, international trade, legal, racial and gender issues. The... more
When in 1621 was established the Dutch West India Company, the United Provinces of the Netherlands were ready to enter in the Spanish mare clausum in the New World. Due to their traditional liberal approach to religious freedom, the Dutch... more
‘This attractively-presented book is a careful and scholarly account of Rye which will prove to be the authoritative history of the town for the foreseeable future’. Professor Caroline Barron, Royal Holloway, University of London.... more
Under den store nordiske krig, 1709-1720, foregikk det en livlig kaperkrig i Norden mellom Danmark-Norge og Sverige. Denne artikkelen beskriver de norske kaperne og deres del av konflikten. Det er et tema som i liten grad er belyst av... more
La course française en Méditerranée au XVIIe siècle, de la décennie 1630 à 1697 par Roberto Barazzutti. Ceci est un brouillon de l'article en cour d'écriture pour une publication prochaine. Il est mis sur le site academia.edu sans... more
An entry by Thomas Benjamin and Dennis Hidalgo. "Buccaneers." Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450. Ed. Thomas Benjamin. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 165-168.Gale Virtual Reference Library. Commerce raiders... more
La guerre de course française en Méditerranée est un sujet qui reste à découvrir. Cet article propose un début de synthèse sur ce point au temps de Louis XIV.
"The article revisits the “Santa Catarina incident”, the famous episode of the first Portuguese ship captured by the Dutch in Asian waters, placing it within the broader context of Luso-Dutch rivalry in the Malay world, particularly the... more
This dissertation examines the relationship between the expansion of the English colony of Jamaica and the rapid growth of maritime piracy in the second half of the seventeenth century. The work re-examines the way in which the growing... more
Cette présentation constitue mon support à la journée d'études qui a eu lieu en 2013 à Nantes sur la Défense des colonies
The seventeenth century Mediterranean was dominated by the business of crusade. Fleets proved disastrously expensive, and few states could sustain the cost of war. Galleys may have been much more effective than the old paradigm holds, and... more
The essay focuses on mobility and identity in the Medieval Mediterranean and offers a close reading of cases of women who travel as slaves, sold and bought as merchandise and some who dress as men in order to travel safe through the sea... more
Αφορμή για τη συγγραφή του παρόντος άρθρου αποτέλεσε η ανασκαφική έρευνα στο Μεγανήσι, όπου κατά την περίοδο 2011-2014 ερευνήθηκαν 17 τύμβοι που, όπως κατέδειξαν τα λιγοστά, αλλά σπουδαία ευρήματα που διέφυγαν τη σύληση, χρονολογούμενα,... more
La historiografía ha dedicado numerosos estudios al corso mediterráneo, centrando sus esfuerzos en relatar las acciones de la armada otomana y de los grandes arráeces, durante la guerra entre la Monarquía hispánica y la Sublime Puerta.... more
the interconnection at an economic, personal and power related level of various Kyushu "corsairs" clans.
Documento piloto sobre John Oxenham.
Autor: Juan G. Castillo F.
Autor: Juan G. Castillo F.
Nel Quattrocento l’Inghilterra dei Plantageneti era uno tra i paesi europei più xenofobi dell’epoca; nonostante ciò, per tutto il secolo, i mercanti italiani continuarono tenacemente a praticare la loro attività anche in un contesto così... more
dans Tribunali di mercanti e giustizia mercantile nel tardo medioevo (Atti della giornata di studi, Firenze, Accademia di Scienze e Lettere la Colombaria, 26 febbraio 2016), MACCIONI E. et TOGNETTI S. dir., Florence, Olschki, 2016, p.... more
This article deals with legitimizations of expansion of the Anglo-British Empire against the monarchy of Spain during the last quarter of the XVII century and the first of the XVIII century, and how they shaped British... more
This article focuses on British maritime law to discuss the challenge of transferring Admiralty law to Britain’s Atlantic colonies, considered through the lens pirate trials and executions. Colonial governors in North America and the West... more