Description
Reviews
The multi-faceted approach of the work is its greatest strength. * FACHRS NEWSLETTER *
A very good addition to Boydell & Brewer's growing maritime and naval catalogue, and...will prove to be an effective teaching tool. * HISTORY *
A composite but detailed and arresting picture of the lives of English seamen in Elizabethan and Jacobean times. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *
Possibly no comparable book has provided such an overview of the lives of English sailors in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. [...] This book will be enjoyed by readers with an interest in both sociological history and maritime studies, and could act as a maritime researcher's template for how to present a well-reasoned study of the social history of English seamen at any period. * NORTHERN MARINER *
Provides an expansive and much needed enquiry into the experience of English seamen in the Tudor-Stuart period. [...] This collection does a remarkable job of rescuing the life and customs of Jack Tarr in the Early Modern Age from obscurity. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY *
This volume is an important contribution to maritime studies, not just because it focuses on a less studied period in maritime history, but also because it features the average seamen and highlights what we've learned in spite of the limited resources. * PIRATES & PRIVATEERS *
Contains a lot of stimulating new work. [It] achieves its aim of summarising and assessing the current state of knowledge, and as such it is a valuable introduction to the subject. Its value to historians is obvious, but archaeologists also need to appreciate this kind of evidence. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY *
Book Information
ISBN 9781843836896
Author Cheryl Cheryl Fury
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g