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The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But through innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in Northern Norway, Iceland, the Faroes, and Greenland. Living conditions in the Nordic Atlantic are so extreme that one might ask whether the notion of society is applicable under these circumstances. The author argues that, yes, there is a meaningful way of comprehending these

Communication --- Social aspects --- Scandinavia --- North Atlantic Region --- Social conditions.

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In reality, medieval outlaws were dangerous, desperate individuals. In the fiction of the Middle Ages, however, the possibilities afforded by their position on societies' margins granted them the ability to fill a number of transitory, transgressive roles: young adventurer, freedom fighter, and even saint. Outlawry, Liminality, and Sanctity in the Literature of the Early Medieval North Atlantic examines the development of the literary outlaw in the early Middle Ages, when traditions drawn from Anglo-Saxon England, early Christian Ireland, and Viking Age Iceland informed a generous view of itinerant criminality and facilitated the application of outlaw tropes to moral questions of conduct in both secular and religious life. Taken together, the traditions of the North Atlantic archipelago reveal a world of interconnected cultures with an expansive view of movement across boundaries both literal and conceptual, capable of finding value in unlikely places and countenancing the challenges presented by such discoveries.

Literature, Medieval --- History and criticism. --- Outsiders in literature. --- Outlaws in literature. --- North Atlantic Region --- North Atlantic Area --- North Atlantic Ocean Region --- North Atlantic Rim --- Literatures

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Zeno, Niccolò, --- Zeno, Antonio, --- Zen, Antonio, --- Messer Nicolò, --- Zen, Nicolò, --- Zeno, Niccolào, --- Zeno, Nicolò, --- North Atlantic Region --- North Atlantic Area --- North Atlantic Ocean Region --- North Atlantic Rim --- Discovery and exploration. --- Maps --- Zeno, Niccolo,

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This book presents the challenges faced by maritime merchants operating in the North Atlantic in the early modern period, and examines the opportunities, aspirations, and methods utilised in the pursuit of profitable trade. The book collects nine essays and a reflective conclusion, which cumulatively explore the major themes of trade within empires; growth of trade; new initiatives within trade empires; government initiatives in relation to maritime mercantile trade; merchant migration; and changes in international trade. The book attempts to provide scholarly insight and perspectives into early modern economic life, through the maritime mercantile activities of various European and North American nations.

Merchant marine --- Shipping --- History --- North Atlantic Region --- Commerce --- Marine shipping --- Marine transportation --- Maritime shipping --- Ocean --- Ocean traffic --- Ocean transportation --- Sea transportation --- Shipping industry --- Water transportation --- Communication and traffic --- Marine service --- Transportation --- Mercantile marine --- Economic aspects --- North Atlantic Area --- North Atlantic Ocean Region --- North Atlantic Rim

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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.

Law, Medieval. --- Pirates --- Droit médiéval --- History --- Histoire --- Atlantic Ocean --- English Channel --- France --- Great Britain --- Atlantique, Océan --- Manche (Mer) --- Grande-Bretagne --- Piracy (International law) --- Piracy --- Seeräuberei. --- Seerecht. --- Ärmelkanal. --- Atlantischer Ozean --- Piracy -- English Channel region -- History -- To 1500. --- Piracy -- North Atlantic Region -- History -- To 1500. --- Piracy (International law) -- History -- To 1500. --- Law, Medieval --- Droit médiéval --- Atlantique, Océan --- Maritime piracy --- Offenses against public safety --- Medieval law --- International law