Ports, piracy, and maritime war : : piracy in the English Channel and the Atlantic, c. 1280 - c. 1330 / / by Thomas K. Heeboll-Holm.

• Superior document: Medieval law and its practice ; 15
• Author: Heeboll-Holm, Thomas K.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval law and its practice ; v. 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; 1 Introduction /; 2 The Anatomy of Medieval Piracy /; 3 Ports and Wine /; 4 Guerra Maritima /; 5 The Laws of the Sea and the Principles of Reprisal /; 6 The Sea, The March and Sovereignty /; 7 Peace and Piracy Containment /; 8 Crime and Lack of Punishment? /; 9 Conclusion /; Appendix 1: Chronology /; Appendix 2: Maps /; Appendix 3: The Seneschal Rostand de Soler’s Report to Edward I on the Norman Depredations in Saintonge in 1293 /; Appendix 4: Answer of the Men of the Cinque Ports and Bayonne to Charges of Piracy during the Maritime War of 1292–93 /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004248161
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Thomas K. Heeboll-Holm.

In Ports, Piracy, and Maritime War Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm presents a study of maritime predation in English and French waters around the year 1300. Following Cicero, pirates have traditionally been cast as especially depraved robbers and the enemy of all, but Heebøll-Holm shows that piracy was often part of private wars between English, French, and Gascon ports and mariners, occupying a liminal space between crime and warfare. Furthermore he shows how piracy was an integral part of maritime commerce and how the adjudication of piracy followed the legal procedure of the march. Heebøll-Holm convincingly demonstrates how piracy influenced the policies of the English and the French kings and he contributes to our understanding of Anglo-French relations on the eve of the Hundred Years’ War.