‘Breaching neutrality’:English prize-taking and Swedish neutrality in the First Anglo-Dutch War, 1651-1654
This article considers the impact of English seizure of neutral Swedish vessels during the First Anglo-Dutch War. These actions were undertaken at a time when no bi-lateral diplomatic treaty existed between the two nations and thus the legal basis for such prize-taking was hotly disputed on both sides. Through an examination of extant sources in both England and Sweden, the article scrutinises a number of case studies in a period where the concept of any meaningful international maritime law remained primitive. It concludes with a review of the diplomatic machinations which sought to recover s... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Murdoch , S W 2019 , ' ‘Breaching neutrality’ : English prize-taking and Swedish neutrality in the First Anglo-Dutch War, 1651-1654 ' , Mariner's Mirror , vol. 105 , no. 2 , pp. 134-147 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2019.1589112 |
Schlagwörter: | Maritime law / Naval history / English history / Swedish history / Maritime history / Early Modern history |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26683620 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/breaching-neutrality(2eda589b-4e0d-4a63-99ec-ff8b3117dc7e).html |
This article considers the impact of English seizure of neutral Swedish vessels during the First Anglo-Dutch War. These actions were undertaken at a time when no bi-lateral diplomatic treaty existed between the two nations and thus the legal basis for such prize-taking was hotly disputed on both sides. Through an examination of extant sources in both England and Sweden, the article scrutinises a number of case studies in a period where the concept of any meaningful international maritime law remained primitive. It concludes with a review of the diplomatic machinations which sought to recover ships, goods or compensation in the years following the conclusion of the war.