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The Social History of English Seamen, 1485-1649
Cheryl Cheryl Fury (Ed.)
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Description for The Social History of English Seamen, 1485-1649
Hardback. An overview of a wide range of aspects of maritime social history in the Tudor and early Stuart period. Editor(s): Fury, Cheryl A. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 732.
An overview of a wide range of aspects of maritime social history in the Tudor and early Stuart period. Traditionally, the history of English maritime adventures has focused on the great sea captains and swashbucklers. However, over the past few decades, social historians have begun to examine the less well-known seafarers who wereon the dangerous voyages of commerce, exploration, privateering and piracy, as well as naval campaigns. This book brings together some of their findings. There is no comparable work that provides such an overview of our knowledge of English seamen during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ... Read more
An overview of a wide range of aspects of maritime social history in the Tudor and early Stuart period. Traditionally, the history of English maritime adventures has focused on the great sea captains and swashbucklers. However, over the past few decades, social historians have begun to examine the less well-known seafarers who wereon the dangerous voyages of commerce, exploration, privateering and piracy, as well as naval campaigns. This book brings together some of their findings. There is no comparable work that provides such an overview of our knowledge of English seamen during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836896
SKU
V9781843836896
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-50
Reviews for The Social History of English Seamen, 1485-1649
The multi-faceted approach of the work is its greatest strength.
FACHRS NEWSLETTER
A very good addition to Boydell & Brewer's growing maritime and naval catalogue, and...will prove to be an effective teaching tool.
HISTORY
A composite but detailed and arresting picture of the lives of English seamen in Elizabethan and Jacobean times.
THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW ... Read more
FACHRS NEWSLETTER
A very good addition to Boydell & Brewer's growing maritime and naval catalogue, and...will prove to be an effective teaching tool.
HISTORY
A composite but detailed and arresting picture of the lives of English seamen in Elizabethan and Jacobean times.
THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW ... Read more