HIST 102 Lecture 7: hist 102 Maritime Violence in the Age of Sail
Document Summary
In public people who are part of maritime: hanging. 1724: book general history of the pirates , featured characteristics of typical pirates, missing legs, hiding treasures etc. Culturally constructed: shifts between different socities, evolves, transforms and revolves over time. Piracy: legal definition: acts of violence done upon the ocean for private ends by a body of men acting independently of any politically organized society. Traders must give a gift to the ruler (tax) when passing by the ports of india: can be forced to the port and pay double the tax, can also be detained. Porteguese: people pay tribute to get protection, asians who resisted, are indicated as pirates, europeans who resisted, indicated as privateers. Merchants & rebels of the south china sea. Mid-17th century: a family created piracy group, created own kind of tribute. Piracy in the making of the modern world.
