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Consuls and captives : Dutch-North African diplomacy in the early modern Mediterranean / Erica Heinsen-Roach.
Van Pelt Library DJ149.A35 H45 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heinsen-Roach, Erica, author.
- Series:
- Changing perspectives on early modern Europe
- Changing perspectives on early modern Europe, 1542-3905
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved Christians--Africa, North--History--17th century.
- Enslaved Christians.
- Religion and international relations.
- Diplomacy--History.
- Diplomacy.
- History.
- International relations.
- Netherlands--Foreign relations--Africa, North.
- Netherlands.
- Africa, North--Foreign relations--Netherlands.
- Africa, North.
- Western Mediterranean--Strategic aspects.
- Western Mediterranean.
- Netherlands--Foreign relations--1556-1648.
- Netherlands--Foreign relations--1648-1795.
- Africa, North--History--1517-1882.
- North Africa.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Strategic aspects of individual places.
- Mediterranean Region--Western Mediterranean.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Analyzes how negotiations between Dutch consuls and North African rulers over the liberation of Dutch sailors helped create a new diplomatic order in the western Mediterranean"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Global treaty making : from Morocco to Constantinople
- Captivity and diplomacy in Algiers and Tunis
- The consul as state representative
- Ransoming is the norm
- Collective redemption : naval violence and hostage taking
- A true public minister : consuls and Jewish mediators
- The reluctant state
- The cannon as gift : institutionalizing the problem.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781580469746
- 1580469744
- OCLC:
- 1104654933
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