Women and English piracy, 1540-1720 : partners and victims of crime /

Piracy was one of the most gendered criminal activities during the early modern period. As a form of maritime enterprise and organized criminality, it attracted thousands of male recruits whose venturing acquired a global dimension as piratical activity spread across the oceans and seas of the world...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Appleby, John C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2013.
Temas:
Women pirates > Great Britain > History.
Piracy > Great Britain > History.
Femmes pirates > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Piracy
Women pirates
Great Britain
Groḃritannien
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The rise and fall of English piracy from the 1540s to the 1720s
  • Pirates, female receivers and partners : the discrete supporters of maritime plunder from the 1540s to the 1640s
  • Wives, partners and prostitutes : women and long-distance piracy from the 1640s-1720s
  • Petitioners and victims : women's experiences from the 1620s- to the 1720s
  • The women pirates : fact or fiction?

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