03768nam 2200805 450 991046478660332120200903223051.090-04-26450-710.1163/9789004264502(CKB)3710000000168330(EBL)1730303(SSID)ssj0001216411(PQKBManifestationID)11788430(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001216411(PQKBWorkID)11197278(PQKB)11173073(MiAaPQ)EBC1730303(nllekb)BRILL9789004264502(PPN)184922674(Au-PeEL)EBL1730303(CaPaEBR)ebr10891259(CaONFJC)MIL625510(OCoLC)883570617(EXLCZ)99371000000016833020140718h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBritish captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 /by Nabil MatarLeiden, Netherlands :Brill,2014.©20141 online resource (350 p.)Atlantic World,1570-0542 ;Volume 28Description based upon print version of record.90-04-26449-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Britons in Mediterranean and Atlantic: Captivity and Piracy -- Captives and Captors: 1563–1760 -- The Northern Invasion -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Captives’ names -- Works Cited -- Index.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.Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ;Volume 28.PiracyMediterranean RegionHistoryPiracyAtlantic OceanHistoryPiracyAfrica, NorthHistoryBritishMediterranean RegionHistoryBritishAfrica, NorthHistoryCaptivityMediterranean RegionHistoryCaptivityAfrica, NorthHistoryCaptivityPolitical aspectsHistoryWorld politicsTo 1900Mediterranean RegionHistory1517-1789Electronic books.PiracyHistory.PiracyHistory.PiracyHistory.BritishHistory.BritishHistory.CaptivityHistory.CaptivityHistory.CaptivityPolitical aspectsHistory.World politics364.15/40892101821Matar N. I(Nabil I.),1949-976841MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464786603321British captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-17602253044UNINA