‘To the great advantage of skippers’
On compacten, or mutual marine insurances, in early modern Friesland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20446782 |
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| Authors | Delphine Sirks (Scientific Computing & Modelling (Netherlands), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 187-236 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-7585 • E-ISSN: 1571-8190 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15718190-20250109 |
| OpenAlex | W4411973186 |
| Language | EN |
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, mutual marine insurances between skippers, known as compacten , emerged throughout Friesland, both in villages and in cities. Outlining the legal settings of twelve compacten by discussing the organization of these compacten, the risks insured against, the financial set-ups and other noteworthy clauses, the overall view is that these mutual insurances offered Frisian skippers and shipowners a risk mitigation system that was able to support their specific, local needs
Business · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · Historical Legal Studies and Society
| Highly cited | No |
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