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Captives and Corsairs : France and Slavery in the Early Modern Mediterranean.
Captives and Corsairs uncovers a forgotten story in the history of relations between the West and Islam: three centuries of Muslim corsair raids on French ships and shores and the resulting captivity of tens of thousands of French subjects and citizens in North Africa. Through an analysis of archiva...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Palo Alto :
Stanford University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on the Text; Introduction; 1. Mediterranean Slavery; 2. Salvation without the State; 3. Manumission and Absolute Monarchy; 4. Bombarding Barbary; 5. Emancipation in an Age of Enlightenment; 6. Liberation and Empire from the Revolution to Napoleon; 7. North African Servitude in Black and White; 8. The Conquest of Algiers; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Appendix 1: Slave Numbers; Appendix 2: Religious Redemptions and Processions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.