{"product_id":"catholic-pirates-and-greek-merchants-a-maritime-history-of-the-early-modern-mediterranean-paperback-1","title":"Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants: A Maritime History of the Early Modern Mediterranean - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMolly Greene\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new international maritime order was forged in the early modern age, yet until now histories of the period have dealt almost exclusively with the Atlantic and Indian oceans. \u003ci\u003eCatholic Pirates and Greek Merchants\u003c\/i\u003e shifts attention to the Mediterranean, providing a major history of an important but neglected sphere of the early modern maritime world, and upending the conventional view of the Mediterranean as a religious frontier where Christians and Muslims met to do battle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Molly Greene investigates the conflicts between the Catholic pirates of Malta--the Knights of St. John--and their victims, the Greek merchants who traded in Mediterranean waters, and uses these conflicts as a window into an international maritime order that was much more ambiguous than has been previously thought. The Greeks, as Christian subjects to the Muslim Ottomans, were the very embodiment of this ambiguity. Much attention has been given to Muslim pirates such as the Barbary corsairs, with the focus on Muslim-on-Christian violence. Greene delves into the archives of Malta's pirate court--which theoretically offered redress to these Christian victims--to paint a considerably more complex picture and to show that pirates, far from being outside the law, were vital actors in the continuous negotiations of legality and illegality in the Mediterranean Sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatholic Pirates and Greek Merchants\u003c\/i\u003e brings the Mediterranean and Catholic piracy into the broader context of early modern history, and sheds new light on commerce and the struggle for power in this volatile age.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book adds substantially to our understanding of those who inhabited the littoral of the Mediterranean Sea in the early modern period. At its center is the interaction between two sets of actors that have been largely overlooked in histories of the region. Greene tells a fascinating tale. \u003ci\u003eCatholic Pirates and Greek Merchants\u003c\/i\u003e fills a void in English language scholarship.\"\u003cb\u003e--Bruce A. Masters, Wesleyan University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCatholic Pirates and Greek Merchants\u003c\/i\u003e addresses some crucial issues in the history of the early modern Mediterranean, putting forward a strong and important thesis regarding the early modern history not only of the Mediterranean but of Europe in general. It truly represents an excellent expansion of the work Greene has already done in this field and a significant contribution to Mediterranean history.\"\u003cb\u003e--Maria Fusaro, University of Exeter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolly Greene is professor of history and Hellenic studies at Princeton University. She is the author of \"A Shared World: Christians and Muslims in the Early Modern Mediterranean\" (Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42586033815648,"sku":"9780691162003","price":76.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/bzFNRFI5WGJEVlp6cE9VaTByd1lnQT09.webp?v=1771073735","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/catholic-pirates-and-greek-merchants-a-maritime-history-of-the-early-modern-mediterranean-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}