English identity and Muslim captivity in the Mediterranean, 1580-1640
[Thesis]
Joel M. Gillaspie
Ward, Joseph P.
The University of Mississippi
2015
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Committee members: Kamps, Ivo; Trepanier, Nicolas; Watt, Jeffrey R.
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-11832-1
Ph.D.
History
The University of Mississippi
2015
This dissertation examines the emergence of English identity that captivity and Muslims challenged from 1580-1640 as expressed captivity narratives. The narratives provide numerous insights into the emerging English identity as Englishmen explored and became captives in the Mediterranean in the late Elizabethan and early Stuart period. The captivity narratives are unique in that they portray Englishmen at their weakest and in the most helpless situations as England attempted to spread its trade relations throughout the Mediterranean. Few other genres of literature provide such insight into English identity through the particular experience as captivity. Overall, this can provide one more step along the path of understanding what it meant to be English in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England.
Religious history; European history; Womens studies
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;English identity;Mediterranean;Muslim captivity