The Amity Papers, 1690

The Siege of Limerick and Franco-Irish Mercantile Networks

Thomas M. Truxes, John Shovlin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

350 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-726789-9 (ISBN)

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The Amity Papers, 1690 reproduces 74 documents seized from the Irish vessel Amity trading with France at the height of the Williamite War (1689-1691). Mostly letters written by merchants (with a smaller number penned by Jacobite soldiers), the ship's papers illustrate particularly the plight of civilians during the 1690 siege of Limerick, which ended just weeks before the Amity sailed. The writers and their correspondents–mostly living in France–were part of two mercantile networks, one Catholic and the other Quaker. The collaboration between the two enabled Franco-Irish trade to continue despite wartime challenges. The letters also illuminate the economic consequences of wartime conditions in Ireland: requisitioning, the forced circulation of rapidly depreciating brass money, and the risks of buying or selling goods in this context.

Thomas M. Truxes is Clinical Professor of Irish Studies and History at New York University. John Shovlin is Professor of History at New York University.

List of Maps
Preface
A Note on Weights, Measures, and Monetary Symbols
Calendar of Documents
Introduction
THE AMITY PAPERS, 1690
Appendices
I: William III's proclamation restricting trade with 'rebellious subjects' in Ireland (June 1689)
II: English 'Act For Prohibiting all Trade and Commerce with France' (1688)
III: Irish 'Act for the Advance and Improvement of Trade, and for Encouragement and Increasing of Shipping and Navigation' (1689)
IV: High Court of Admiralty: Documents in proceedings against the Barque Amity of Limerick (1690)
V: Port of Limerick: Customs ledger fragment (1691)
Indexes
Index of Personal and Mercantile Names
General Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.03.2025
Reihe/Serie	Records of Social and Economic History ; 68
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-726789-0 / 0197267890
ISBN-13	978-0-19-726789-9 / 9780197267899
Zustand	Neuware