Piracy, Women pirates, pirate, history, European piracy, America, France, modern period, women networks, structural organization, Appleby, United Kingdom, colonization process, British royal family, auxiliary activities, Old Bailey, criminalization, penalization, personal background, Henry Every
The early modern period is a time span used by historians that refers to the period that began after late middle-ages, generally with the discovery of America in the 1490s, and that stops with the beginning of the late 18th century revolutions, such as the French Revolution in 1789. During that period, particular changes occurred in the piracy in Europe, with the progressive development of transport and improvement of the different transport techniques, making the pirate expeditions very different from the very localized and punctual interventions at the beginning of the Middle Ages. Yet, in this essay, we will address quite a specific and not very thoroughly studied issue: the place of women in the processes of piracy during the early modern period in Europe.
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[...] To what extent can we say that women's networks were important for European, and more specifically, English piracy in early modern Europe? The early modern period is a timespan used by historians that refers to the period that begins after the late middle-age, generally with the discovery of America in the 1490s, and that stops with the beginning of the late 18th centuries revolutions, such as the French revolution in 1789. During that period, particular changes occurred in the piracy in Europe, with the progressive development of transports and improvement of the different transport techniques, making the pirate expeditions very different from the very localized and punctual interventions at the beginning of the middle age. [...]
[...] In a nutshell, we could see in this essay that thanks to historical sources and still more precise knowledge about the organization of everyday life during the early modern age, including its different gender dynamics, it is nowadays possible to analyze also the gender issues related to a historically very masculinized phenomenon: the piracy. Consequently, this essay could be a starting point for new and further inquiries about this topic. For linguistic reasons, only the English cases were included, or those mentioned in documents written in English: further work could be enriched by documents coming from Spain, Portugal, etc. Bibliography Appleby, J. C. (2013). Women and English piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and victims of crime. [...]
[...] (2019). Women and gender in early modern Europe (vol. 41). Cambridge University Press. [...]
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