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Ever heard a story of someone being hit on the head at a bar and ending up on a British naval vessel? Dr. Denver Brunsman studies the process in between! He joins Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins to discuss impressment gangs and privateers—in other words, legal pirates in the eighteenth century. It’s another world on the water.
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Relevant Links:
Dr. Denver Brunsman, The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World – https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/3575/
Privateers – https://www.britannica.com/story/pirates-privateers-corsairs-buccaneers-whats-the-difference
Pirates – https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/golden-age-piracy
Press Gangs – https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/yourcountry/overview/pressgangs-/
British Navigation Acts – https://www.britannica.com/event/Navigation-Acts
Captain Phillips – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/
Royal Ships – https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/rated-navy-ships-17th-19th-centuries
HMS Savage – https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/h-m-s-savage/
Pax Britannica – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pax%20Britannica#:~:text=%3A%20British%20peace,to%20which%20Britain%27s%20power%20extended
Pirates vs. Press Gangs: The Battle for the Atlantic by Denver Brunsman – https://www.redalyc.org/journal/2210/221065057004/html/
Denver Brunsman Talk: Pirates, Privateers, and Press Gangs in the Early Modern Atlantic (November 2015) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8-JLbUb8dg
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Ever heard a story of someone being hit on the head at a bar and ending up on a British naval vessel? Dr. Denver Brunsman studies the process in between! He joins Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins to discuss impressment gangs and privateers—in other words, legal pirates in the eighteenth century. It’s another world on the water.
For everything 2 Complicated 4 History check out 2c4hpod.com
Relevant Links:
Dr. Denver Brunsman, The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World – https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/3575/
Privateers – https://www.britannica.com/story/pirates-privateers-corsairs-buccaneers-whats-the-difference
Pirates – https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/golden-age-piracy
Press Gangs – https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/yourcountry/overview/pressgangs-/
British Navigation Acts – https://www.britannica.com/event/Navigation-Acts
Captain Phillips – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/
Royal Ships – https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/rated-navy-ships-17th-19th-centuries
HMS Savage – https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/h-m-s-savage/
Pax Britannica – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pax%20Britannica#:~:text=%3A%20British%20peace,to%20which%20Britain%27s%20power%20extended
Pirates vs. Press Gangs: The Battle for the Atlantic by Denver Brunsman – https://www.redalyc.org/journal/2210/221065057004/html/
Denver Brunsman Talk: Pirates, Privateers, and Press Gangs in the Early Modern Atlantic (November 2015) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8-JLbUb8dg
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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