The Legal World of English Sailors, c. 1575–1729
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20067065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard J Blakemore (0000-0002-0281-6826, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 100-120 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Law, Labour, and Empire (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137447463_6 |
| OpenAlex | W2346294408 |
| ISBN | 9781137447463 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The working lives of early modern seafarers were embedded in a thick web of legal regulation, often across multiple jurisdictions, and at the same time their activities contributed to the shape and development of that framework. Contracts and wage agreements, recognised rights to treatment, protection, sustenance and remuneration, and the policies of governments all structured the labouring conditions of sailors, and the words and actions of seafarers aboard ship led to, and were reinterpreted in, lawsuits ashore. How we perceive seafarers' legal world is therefore critical to how we understand their social relations, both aboard ship and elsewhere, and their role in the growth of imperial power and maritime trade which characterised the early modern period.KeywordsSeventeenth CenturyOrder BookEarly Modern PeriodMerchant ShippingBlack BookThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Business · Political science · Power (physics) · Remuneration · Sustenance · Wage · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
| Citations per year | 0.45 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |