Piracy and law in the Ottoman Mediterranean / Joshua M. White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Joshua M., 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piracy--Law and legislation--Turkey--History.

Piracy.

Piracy--Law and legislation--Mediterranean Region--History.

Piracy--Turkey--History.

Piracy--Mediterranean Region--History.

Piracy (International law)--Mediterranean Region--History.

Piracy (International law).

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

The 1570s marked the beginning of an age of pervasive piracy in the Mediterranean that persisted into the eighteenth century. Nowhere was more inviting to pirates than the Ottoman-dominated eastern Mediterranean. In this bustling maritime ecosystem, weak imperial defenses and permissive politics made piracy possible, while robust trade made it profitable. By 1700, the limits of the Ottoman Mediterranean were defined not by Ottoman territorial sovereignty or naval supremacy, but by the reach of imperial law, which had been indelibly shaped by the challenge of piracy. Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean is the first book to examine Mediterranean piracy from the Ottoman perspective, focusing on the administrators and diplomats, jurists and victims who had to contend most with maritime violence. Pirates churned up a sea of paper in their wake: letters, petitions, court documents, legal opinions, ambassadorial reports, travel accounts, captivity narratives, and vast numbers of decrees attest to their impact on lives and livelihoods. Joshua M. White plumbs the depths of these uncharted, frequently uncatalogued waters, revealing how piracy shaped both the Ottoman legal space and the contours of the Mediterranean world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Note on Place-Names, Transliteration, and Dates

Introduction

Chapter One. Ottoman Pirates, Ottoman Victims

Chapter Two. The Kadi of Malta

Chapter Three. Piracy and Treaty Law

Chapter Four. Diplomatic Divergence

Chapter Five. Piracy in Ottoman Islamic Jurisprudence

Chapter Six. Piracy in the Courts

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503603929

150360392X

OCLC:

1198931647