Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-235) and index.
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Introduction: Pirates? The Politics of Plunder, 1550-1650 / Claire Jowitt -- 'Hostis Humani Generis': The Pirate as Outlaw in the Early Modern Law of the Sea / Christopher Harding -- The Problem of Piracy in Ireland, 1570-1630 / John C. Appleby -- Piracy and Captivity in the Early Modern Mediterranean: The Perspective from Barbary / Nabil Matar -- Crusading Piracy? The Curious Case of the Spanish in the Channel, 1590-95 / Matthew Dimmock -- Acting Pirates: Converting A Christian Turned Turk / Mark Hutchings -- 'We are not pirates': Piracy and Navigation in The Lusiads / Bernhard Klein -- Virolet and Martia the Pirate's Daughter: Gender and Genre in Fletcher and Massinger's The Double Marriage / Lucy Munro -- Sir Francis Drake's Ghost: Piracy, Cultural Memory, and Spectral Nationhood / Mark Netzloff -- Scaffold Performances: The Politics of Pirate Execution / Claire Jowitt -- Of Pirates, Slaves, and Diplomats: Anglo-American Writing about the Maghrib in the Age of Empire / Gerald MacLean.