Consuls and Captives: Dutch-North African Diplomacy in the Early Modern Mediterranean

by Erica Heinsen-Roach

This work offers a new perspective on the history of diplomacy in the western Mediterranean, examining how piracy and captivity at sea forced Protestant states from northwest Europe to develop complex relationships with Islamic North Africa. Tracing how Dutch diplomats and North African officials negotiated the liberation of Dutch sailors enslaved in the Maghrib, author Erica Heinsen-Roach argues that captivity and redemption helped shape (rather...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580469744
• ISBN13: 9781580469746
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"