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The Alliance of Pirates: Ireland and Atlantic piracy in the early seventeenth century
Connie Kelleher
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In the early part of the seventeenth-century, along the southwest coast of Ireland, piracy was a way of life. Following the outlawing of privateering in 1603 by the new king of England, disenfranchised like-minded men of the sea, many former privateers, naval sailors, ordinary seamen and traditional plunderers moved their base of operations to Ireland and formed an alliance. Within the context of the Munster Plantation, many of the pirates came to settle, some bringing families, and these men and their activities not alone influenced the socio-economic and geo-political landscape of Ireland at that time but challenged European maritime power ... Read more
In the early part of the seventeenth-century, along the southwest coast of Ireland, piracy was a way of life. Following the outlawing of privateering in 1603 by the new king of England, disenfranchised like-minded men of the sea, many former privateers, naval sailors, ordinary seamen and traditional plunderers moved their base of operations to Ireland and formed an alliance. Within the context of the Munster Plantation, many of the pirates came to settle, some bringing families, and these men and their activities not alone influenced the socio-economic and geo-political landscape of Ireland at that time but challenged European maritime power ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781782053651
SKU
9781782053651
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About Connie Kelleher
Connie Kelleher is a State Underwater Archaeologist for the National Monuments Service
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