Consuls and captives: Dutch-North African diplomacy in the early modern Mediterranean

Abstract

"Analyzes how negotiations between Dutch consuls and North African rulers over the liberation of Dutch sailors helped create a new diplomatic order in the western Mediterranean"--

Contents

Global treaty making : from Morocco to Constantinople -- Captivity and diplomacy in Algiers and Tunis -- The consul as state representative -- Ransoming is the norm -- Collective redemption : naval violence and hostage taking -- A true public minister : consuls and Jewish mediators -- The reluctant state -- The cannon as gift : institutionalizing the problem.