{"product_id":"piracy-and-captivity-in-the-mediterranean-9781138640276","title":"Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiracy 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLists of figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMario Klarer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1 Labor and Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Trading Identities: Balthasar Sturmer’s Verzeichnis der Reise (1558) and the Making of the European Barbary Captivity Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMario Klarer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Unkind Dealings: English Captivity Narratives, Commercial Transformation, and the Economy of Unfree Labor in the Early Modern Period\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaniel Vitkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Ambivalences of Recognition: The Position of the Barbary Corsairs in Early Modern International Law and International Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Rech\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. \"Free, Unfree, Captive, Slave:\" António de Saldanha, a Late Sixteenth-Century Captive in Marrakesh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Mark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2 Home and Hybridity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. \"Renegades:\" Converts to Islam in American Barbary Captivity Narratives of the 1790s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Diamantouli\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Identity Crises of Homecomers from the Barbary Coast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Spindler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. \"Arab Speculators:\" States and Ransom Slavery in the Western Sahara \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristine E. Sears\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3 Diplomacy and Deliverance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Michael Heberer: A Prisoner in the Ottoman Navy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Rebitsch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Piracy, Diplomacy, and Cultural Circulations in the Mediterranean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKhalid Bekkaoui\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. A Comparison of Confraternity Models in the \"Redemption of Slaves\" in Europe:\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eBroederschap der alderheylighste Dryvuldigheyt\u003c\/em\u003e of Brugge\/Bruges and the \u003cem\u003eScuola della Santissima Trinità\u003c\/em\u003e of Venice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrea Pelizza\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4 Oppositions and Otherness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. A Huguenot Captive in ‘Uthman Dey’s Court:\u003cem\u003e Histoire chronologique du royaume de Tripoly \u003c\/em\u003e(1685) and Its Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGillian Weiss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa: Clashing Portraits of a Corsair-King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiana de Armas Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Two Arabic Accounts of Captivity in Malta: Texts and Contexts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNabil Matar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019510972759,"sku":"9781138640276","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138640276.jpg?v=1750780483","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/piracy-and-captivity-in-the-mediterranean-9781138640276","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}