UID:
almahu_9947413618302882
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 260 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781846157783 (ebook)
Content:
A comprehensive picture of the life and responsibilities of an English medieval shipmaster. Using a rich range of examples drawn from contemporary sources, this book illuminates the evolving relationships between shipowners, shipmasters, crews and merchants. It also brings to life aspects of seamanship and the frequently harsh conditions on board. Despite a background of war, piracy, depopulation, bullion shortages, adverse political decisions, legal uncertainties and deteriorating weather conditions, between the mid-fourteenth and the mid-fifteenth centuries the English merchant shipping industry thrived. New markets were developed, voyages became longer, ships and cargoes increased in size and value, and an interest in ship ownership as an investment spread throughout the community.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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1 The shipmaster and the law -- 2 The shipmaster and the rise and fall of the admirals' courts -- 3 The shipmaster as owner, partner and employee -- 4 The shipmaster's on-shore responsibilities -- 5 The shipmaster's off-shore responsibilities -- 6 The shipmaster at sea -- navigation and meteorology -- 7 The shipmaster at sea -- seamanship -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Transcription and translation of the MS Liber Horn copy of the Lex d'Oleron -- Appendix 2 Transcription and translation of the Inquest of Queenborough -- Appendix 3 A partial transcription and translation of Les Bons Usages et Les Bonnes Costumes et Les Bons Jugemenz de la Commune d'Oleron -- Appendix 4 Transcription and translation of a 1323 charter party -- Appendix 5 Transcription and translation of the chapter 'de regimen transfretantium' from Gilbertus Anglicus' Compendium Medicine -- Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781843834557
Language:
English
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781846157783/type/BOOK
