Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime
| Author | : John C. Appleby |
| Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781783270187 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1783270187 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (187 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime by : John C. Appleby
Download or read book Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime written by John C. Appleby and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide body of evidence, the book argues that the support of women was vital to the persistence of piracy around the British Isles at least until the early seventeenth century. The emergence of long-distance and globalized predation had far reaching consequences for female agency.
