Sailors, Wages, and the Venture Economy of Early Modern Seafaring
Tea will be served from 4.45.
Suggested preparatory reading:
Ralph Davis, The Rise of the English Shipping Industry (1962), ch. 7; Jaap R. Bruijn, ‘Seafarers in early modern and modern times: change and continuity’, International Journal of Maritime History, 17 (2005), 1-16.
Date:
26 November 2015, 17:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Venue:
The Breakfast Room, Merton College
Speaker:
Dr Richard Blackemore (Merton College, University of Oxford)
Part of:
Early Modern Britain Seminar
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Laura Spence
