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ToolsJowitt, Claire (2025) Pirate Marts and Knockdown Prices:Piracy, Class, and Economics in Early Modern England. In: Practices and Narratives of Early Modern Piracy. Amsterdam University Press, pp. 31-60. ISBN 9789463724043
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This chapter explores the ways class and economics intersect in early modern pirate marts. It starts from the premise that such marts are a form of 'economic warfare' since pirates challenged policies of state regulation by selling goods at much reduced prices. The implications of this argument for understanding connections between licit and illicit economic activity and the relationships between the various individuals and groups involved in pirate marts are considered through a discussion of the trading practices in Studland Bay in Dorset in the early 1580s. The alliances formed and broken between maritime predators and the buyers of their wares tell important new stories about how pirate identity negotiates broader and deeper early modern tensions associated with social degree.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | commerce,piracy,pirate identity,social degree,studland bay, dorset,arts and humanities(all),social sciences(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Medieval History Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Medieval and Early Modern Research Group |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2025 10:30 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2026 13:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100455 |
| DOI: | 10.5117/9789463724043_ch01 |
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