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Pirate Nation Elizabeth I And Her Royal Sea Rovers David Childs

Name: Pirate Nation Elizabeth I And Her Royal Sea Rovers David Childs
SKU: BELL-42715748
Price: 31.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.1 (80 reviews)

SKU: BELL-42715748

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Publisher: Seaforth Publishing; Pen & Sword Books

File Extension: EPUB

File size: 16.37 MB

Author: David Childs

ISBN: 9781612519364, 9781848321908, 9781848322936, 1612519369, 1848321902, 1848322933

Language: English

Year: 2015

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Pirate Nation Elizabeth I And Her Royal Sea Rovers David Childs by David Childs 9781612519364, 9781848321908, 9781848322936, 1612519369, 1848321902, 1848322933 instant download after payment.

For all the romantic mythology surrounding the court of Queen Elizabeth I, the financial underpinning of the reign of 'Gloriana' was decidedly sordid. Elizabeth's policy of seizing foreign assets made her popular at home but drew her into a public/private partnership with pirates who preyed on the state's foes and friends alike, being rewarded or punished depending on how much of a cut the Queen received, rather than the legitimacy of their action. For this reason the rule of law at sea was arbitrary, and almost non-existent. Even those, such as the Lord Admiral and the Court of Admiralty, who were tasked with policing the seas and eliminating piracy, managed their own pirate fleets. While honest merchants could rail and fail, the value to the exchequer of this dubious income was enormous, often equalling, on an annual basis, the input from all other sources such as taxation or customs dues. However, the practice of piracy taught English seamen how to fight and, when the nation was at its greatest peril, in 1588, it was pirates who kept the Armada away from the coast. Effingham, Grenville, Ralegh and Drake, became 'admirals all for England's sake', but this highly original book argues that their deeply ingrained piratical approach to naval warfare almost allowed the Armada to succeed. This is only one of a number of startling insights into the reality of Elizabethan naval policy offered by this honest and eminently readable reappraisal.