Bernard Allaire
Biographic Data
| ID | 5044026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernard Allaire |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernard |
| FAMILY NAME | Allaire |
| SIGNATURE | ALLAIRE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trinity College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4533-7419 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
La pêche basque dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent
Cet article découle d’une analyse de données compilées à partir des minutes notariales du notaire Jacques Cousseau, actif à La Rochelle de 1602 à 1653 et dont les minutes sont conservées aux Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime, également à La Rochelle. Un examen général de cette source a confirmé la valeur exceptionnelle de ces archives pour une meilleure compréhension de la place spécifique des Basques dans l’histoire de la pêche et…
Special Issue on Fish, Marine Mammals, and Exploration
Following the Fish, Mapping the Way
International audience
Evaluating French Whaling Expeditions from the 16th to the 19th Centuries
The history of French whaling is familiar to a small group of specialists, but the lack of sources and the opacity of maritime statistics in the Early Modern period have long discouraged researchers wishing to assess its extent, not only for French fleets but also for those of other nations. The history of the French whaling industry has been studied for certain regions and periods, but no one has really attempted to give a global panorama by eva…
Shipwrecks, Risk, and Social Constructions of Disaster, 1565–1761
This paper considers shipwrecks as a form of disaster and studies historical shipwreck accounts to gain insights into social constructions of disaster. Theoretical debates address global inequalities in disaster experience, response, and research, and notably identify the concept of risk as a key to understanding social constructions of disaster. We analyze shipwrecks, a recurring but diverse risk, as a series of material and psychological stages…
The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500)
We propose the concept of the “Fish Revolution” to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod ( Gadus morhua ) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market. We consider three key questions: (1) What were the environmental parameters of the Fish Revolution? (2) What were the globalising effects of the Fish Revolution? (3) What were the consequences…
The Price of Fish in French Supply Contracts (1538-1751)
This quantitative study of commodity prices examines the early modern food market, a period and topic widely neglected by historians owing to a lack of data or palaeographic expertise that has prompted scholars to turn their attention to later periods. Despite the ubiquitous presence of fish in European food markets, specialists have difficulty identifying its consumption levels or price. This paper provides a large panorama of qualitative observ…
The Capacity Trend Method
We apply a novel methodology to the study of the Newfoundland cod fisheries in order to determine a reasoned and acceptable chronological value series for total catch amounts in the early modern period where data are scarce. The paper focuses on the two main protagonists in the Newfoundland fisheries arena in that period: France and England. The period 1675–1790 has been selected as a viable and representative chronology for a case study where da…
Inventing the Grand Banks
As a feature of the Fish Revolution (1400-1700), the early modern "invention" of the Grand Banks in literary and cartographical documents facilitated a massive and unprecedented extraction of cod from the waters of the north Atlantic and created the Cod/Sack trade Triangle. This overlapped with the southern Atlantic Slave, Sugar, and Tobacco Triangle to capitalise modern European and North American societies. In 1719, Pierre de Charlevoix claimed…
European naval diets in the sixteenth century
This paper develops and utilizes novel methods that combine historical records concerning the diets of European naval mariners in the sixteenth century with modern information on the nutritional content of food. Energy, vitamin, and mineral intakes were compared to modern recommended values. Calorie provisions were sufficient and relatively constant in all Western European fleets. The absence of vitamin C was a universal failure of the naval diet…
Law, Labour and Empire
Seafarers were the first workers to inhabit a truly international labour market, a sector of industry which, throughout the early modern period, drove European economic and imperial expansion, technol
Pelleteries, manchons, et chapeaux de castor
Journal Article Pelleteries, manchons, et chapeaux de castor: Les fourrures nord-américaines à Paris, 1500–1632 (Pelts, muffs, and beaver hats: North American furs in Paris, 1500–1632). By Bernard Allaire. (Sillery: Septentrion, 1999. 304 pp. Paper, $29.95, ISBN 2-89448-138-1.) In French Get access Philip Benedict Philip Benedict Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jo…
Martin Frobisher, The Spaniards and a Sixteenth-Century Northern Spy
Martin Frobisher, The Spaniards and a Sixteenth-Century Northern Spy
Law, Labour and Empire
Seafarers were the first workers to inhabit a truly international labour market, a sector of industry which, throughout the early modern period, drove European economic and imperial expansion, technol
European naval diets in the sixteenth century
This paper develops and utilizes novel methods that combine historical records concerning the diets of European naval mariners in the sixteenth century with modern information on the nutritional content of food. Energy, vitamin, and mineral intakes were compared to modern recommended values. Calorie provisions were sufficient and relatively constant in all Western European fleets. The absence of vitamin C was a universal failure of the naval diet…
The Capacity Trend Method
We apply a novel methodology to the study of the Newfoundland cod fisheries in order to determine a reasoned and acceptable chronological value series for total catch amounts in the early modern period where data are scarce. The paper focuses on the two main protagonists in the Newfoundland fisheries arena in that period: France and England. The period 1675–1790 has been selected as a viable and representative chronology for a case study where da…
Inventing the Grand Banks
As a feature of the Fish Revolution (1400-1700), the early modern "invention" of the Grand Banks in literary and cartographical documents facilitated a massive and unprecedented extraction of cod from the waters of the north Atlantic and created the Cod/Sack trade Triangle. This overlapped with the southern Atlantic Slave, Sugar, and Tobacco Triangle to capitalise modern European and North American societies. In 1719, Pierre de Charlevoix claimed…
Martin Frobisher, The Spaniards and a Sixteenth-Century Northern Spy
Martin Frobisher, The Spaniards and a Sixteenth-Century Northern Spy
Pelleteries, manchons, et chapeaux de castor
Journal Article Pelleteries, manchons, et chapeaux de castor: Les fourrures nord-américaines à Paris, 1500–1632 (Pelts, muffs, and beaver hats: North American furs in Paris, 1500–1632). By Bernard Allaire. (Sillery: Septentrion, 1999. 304 pp. Paper, $29.95, ISBN 2-89448-138-1.) In French Get access Philip Benedict Philip Benedict Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jo…
Law, Labour and Empire
Seafarers were the first workers to inhabit a truly international labour market, a sector of industry which, throughout the early modern period, drove European economic and imperial expansion, technol
European naval diets in the sixteenth century
This paper develops and utilizes novel methods that combine historical records concerning the diets of European naval mariners in the sixteenth century with modern information on the nutritional content of food. Energy, vitamin, and mineral intakes were compared to modern recommended values. Calorie provisions were sufficient and relatively constant in all Western European fleets. The absence of vitamin C was a universal failure of the naval diet…
Inventing the Grand Banks
As a feature of the Fish Revolution (1400-1700), the early modern "invention" of the Grand Banks in literary and cartographical documents facilitated a massive and unprecedented extraction of cod from the waters of the north Atlantic and created the Cod/Sack trade Triangle. This overlapped with the southern Atlantic Slave, Sugar, and Tobacco Triangle to capitalise modern European and North American societies. In 1719, Pierre de Charlevoix claimed…
The Capacity Trend Method
We apply a novel methodology to the study of the Newfoundland cod fisheries in order to determine a reasoned and acceptable chronological value series for total catch amounts in the early modern period where data are scarce. The paper focuses on the two main protagonists in the Newfoundland fisheries arena in that period: France and England. The period 1675–1790 has been selected as a viable and representative chronology for a case study where da…
The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500)
We propose the concept of the “Fish Revolution” to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod ( Gadus morhua ) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market. We consider three key questions: (1) What were the environmental parameters of the Fish Revolution? (2) What were the globalising effects of the Fish Revolution? (3) What were the consequences…
The Price of Fish in French Supply Contracts (1538-1751)
This quantitative study of commodity prices examines the early modern food market, a period and topic widely neglected by historians owing to a lack of data or palaeographic expertise that has prompted scholars to turn their attention to later periods. Despite the ubiquitous presence of fish in European food markets, specialists have difficulty identifying its consumption levels or price. This paper provides a large panorama of qualitative observ…
Shipwrecks, Risk, and Social Constructions of Disaster, 1565–1761
This paper considers shipwrecks as a form of disaster and studies historical shipwreck accounts to gain insights into social constructions of disaster. Theoretical debates address global inequalities in disaster experience, response, and research, and notably identify the concept of risk as a key to understanding social constructions of disaster. We analyze shipwrecks, a recurring but diverse risk, as a series of material and psychological stages…
La pêche basque dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent
Cet article découle d’une analyse de données compilées à partir des minutes notariales du notaire Jacques Cousseau, actif à La Rochelle de 1602 à 1653 et dont les minutes sont conservées aux Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime, également à La Rochelle. Un examen général de cette source a confirmé la valeur exceptionnelle de ces archives pour une meilleure compréhension de la place spécifique des Basques dans l’histoire de la pêche et…
Special Issue on Fish, Marine Mammals, and Exploration
Following the Fish, Mapping the Way
International audience
Evaluating French Whaling Expeditions from the 16th to the 19th Centuries
The history of French whaling is familiar to a small group of specialists, but the lack of sources and the opacity of maritime statistics in the Early Modern period have long discouraged researchers wishing to assess its extent, not only for French fleets but also for those of other nations. The history of the French whaling industry has been studied for certain regions and periods, but no one has really attempted to give a global panorama by eva…
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