Robin Ward

The World of the Medieval Shipmaster (eBook, PDF)

Law, Business and the Sea, c.1350-c.1450

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive picture of the life and responsibilities of an English medieval shipmaster.

Despite a background of war, piracy, depopulation, bullion shortages, adverse political decisions, legal uncertainties and deteriorating weather conditions, between the mid-fourteenth and the mid-fifteenth centuries the English merchant shipping industry thrived. New markets were developed, voyages became longer, ships and cargoes increased in size and value, and an interest in ship ownership as an investment spread throughout the community.
Using a rich range of examples drawn from court and parliamentary records, contemporary literature and the codifications of maritime law, this book illuminates the evolving management and commercial practices which developed to regulate the relationships between shipowners, shipmasters, crews and shipping merchants. It also brings to life ship performance, navigation, seamanship, and the frequently harsh conditions on board.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846157783
• Artikelnr.: 68307893

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The shipmaster and the law The shipmaster and the rise and
fall of the admirals' courts The shipmaster as owner, partner and employee
The shipmaster's on-shore responsibilities The shipmaster's off-shore
responsibilities The shipmaster at sea - navigation and meteorology The
shipmaster at sea - seamanship Conclusion Appendix 1 Transcription and
translation of the MS Liber Horn copy of the Lex d'Oleron Appendix 2
Transcription and translation of the Inquest of Queenborough Appendix 3 A
partial transcription and translation of Les Bons Usages et Les Bonnes
Costumes et Les Bons Jugemenz de la Commune d'Oleron Appendix 4
Transcription and translation of a 1323 charter party Appendix 5
Transcription and translation of the chapter 'de regimen transfretantium'
from Gilbertus Anglicus' Compendium Medicine Bibliography