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This book describes the relationship between Northern Europeans and the regencies of the Ottoman Empire in North Africa (what were known as the Barbary States) during the early modern period. For the Northern Europeans, who saw their profitable foreign trade routes to Southern Europe threatened by Moslem corsairs, the problem manifested itself as a challenge at both a humanitarian and an economic level. For centuries, Europeans instituted measures directed at both levels in an attempt to provide security for the ships as well as their crews. The history of these attempts is presented with a focus on their objectives and their effects.
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Based on the key concepts of ‛pluralization' and ‛authority', the series presents studies on early modern literature and culture from the 15th to the 17th century. The early modern period is increasingly recognized in cultural studies as an age whose cultural paradigms still largely depended on medieval norms and traditions but at the same time also created a set of conditions that facilitated Europe's transition to modernity. As opposed to established historical grand narratives such as modernization or secularization, the volumes in this series attempt to describe the dynamics of the period as a complex interaction of mutually competing world views, knowledge structures and behaviour patterns. The series explores these dynamics from an interdisciplinary perspective, including studies on literature, linguistics, history, philosophy, art, music and legal history.
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In seiner Arbeit untersucht Magnus Ressel in vergleichender Perspektive das Verh ltnis der Republik der Niederlande, der Hansest dte und des K nigreiches D nemark-Norwegen zu den sog. Barbareskenstaaten, den osmanischen Regentschaften Nordafrikas w hrend der Fr hen Neuzeit (1520-1830). W hrend dieser Epoche waren die seebasierten Fernhandelslinien der Europ er kontinuierlich der Bedrohung der Korsaren der Barbaresken ausgesetzt. Um der Bedrohung entgegenzuwirken, schufen sich die Nordeurop er komplexe Systeme zur Produktion von Sicherheit f r diesen hochprofitablen Sektor der eigenen volkswirtschaftlich-politischen Einheit. Die wesentlichen Ausformungen und Symbole dieser Bem hungen waren einerseits "Sklavenkassen" zum Freikauf von Gefangenen aus Nordafrika und andererseits "T rkenp sse" zur Finanzierung von Tributen an die Nordafrikaner zur Einhaltung von Friedensvertr gen. Entstehung, Funktion, Diffusion, Konkurrenz und Wirkgeschichte dieser Systeme in Nordeuropa werden hier umfassend nachgezeichnet. Sie erweisen sich dabei als Schl ssel zum Verst ndnis des wesentlichen Aspekts des konflikt-, aber auch chancenreichen Kontaktes zwischen Nordeuropa und Nordafrika w hrend der Fr hen Neuzeit.