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.
| ISBN: | 9780197267899 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 2025 |
| Author: | Thomas M Truxes, John Shovlin |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 204 pages |
| Series: | Records of Social and Economic History |
| Genres: |
Maritime history Economic history European history |
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.
The Amity Papers, 1690 features in the following genres: Maritime history, Economic history, European history
The Amity Papers, 1690 is available in Hardback
The Amity Papers, 1690 was written by Thomas M Truxes, John Shovlin and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP
The Amity Papers, 1690 has 204 pages
Yes it is part of Records of Social and Economic History series
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