| Ports, Piracy and Maritime War: Piracy in the English Channel and the Atlantic, c. 1280-c. 1330 Contributor(s): Heebøll-Holm, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004235701 ISBN-13: 9789004235700 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $189.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - True Crime - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 364.164 |
| LCCN: 2013005357 |
| Series: Medieval Law and Its Practice |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.4" W x 9.51" (1.38 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Ports, Piracy, and Maritime War Thomas K. Heeb ll-Holm presents a study of maritime predation in English and French waters around the year 1300. Following Cicero, pirates have traditionally been cast as especially depraved robbers and the enemy of all, but Heeb ll-Holm shows that piracy was often part of private wars between English, French, and Gascon ports and mariners, occupying a liminal space between crime and warfare. Furthermore he shows how piracy was an integral part of maritime commerce and how the adjudication of piracy followed the legal procedure of the march. Heeb ll-Holm convincingly demonstrates how piracy influenced the policies of the English and the French kings and he contributes to our understanding of Anglo-French relations on the eve of the Hundred Years' War. |