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