The Amity Papers, 1690 : the siege of Limerick and Franco-Irish mercantile networks / edited by Thomas M. Truxes, John Shovlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Truxes, Thomas M., editor.

Shovlin, John, editor.

Series:

Records of social and economic history ; new ser., 68.

Records of social and economic history ; new series 68

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Limerick (Limerick, Ireland)--History--Siege, 1690.

Limerick (Limerick, Ireland).

Ireland--Commerce--France--History--17th century.

Ireland.

France--Commerce--Ireland--History--17th century.

France.

Limerick (Limerick, Ireland)--History--17th century.

Commerce.

Ireland--Limerick (Limerick).

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xxii, 182 pages : illustration, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Siege of Limerick and Franco-Irish mercantile networks

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"The Amity Papers, 1690 reproduces 74 documents seized from the Irish vessel Amity trading with France at the height of the Williamite War (1689-1691). Mostly letters written by merchants (with a smaller number penned by Jacobite soldiers), the ship's papers illustrate particularly the plight of civilians during the 1690 siege of Limerick, which ended just weeks before the Amity sailed. The writers and their correspondents--mostly living in France--were part of two mercantile networks, one Catholic and the other Quaker. The collaboration between the two enabled Franco-Irish trade to continue despite wartime challenges. The letters also illuminate the economic consequences of wartime conditions in Ireland: requisitioning, the forced circulation of rapidly depreciating brass money, and the risks of buying or selling goods in this context'-- Page [4] of cover.

Contents:

Preface

Note on weights, measures, money, and their corresponding abbreviations

Abbreviations

Calendar of documents

Introduction

The Amity Papers, 1690

Appendices. I. William III's proclamation restricting trade with 'rebellious subjects' in Ireland (June 1689)

English 'Act for Prohibiting all Trade and Commerce with France (1689)

III. Irish 'Act for the Advance and Improvement of Trade, and for the Encouragement and Increase of Shipping and Navigation (1689)

IV. High Court of Admiralty: Documents in the proceedings against the Barque Amity of Limerick (1690)

V. Port of Limerick: Customs ledger fragment (1691).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780197267899

0197267890

OCLC:

1518927614

Publisher Number:

CIPO000213676