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Front cover -- Half title page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chronology -- Maps and Images -- General Introduction -- Section I: Global Piracy and European Law -- 1. Dutch Counterpoint: The Legal Opinion of Hugo Grotius (c.1603-1604) -- 2. Death to All Pirates: The Legal Opinion of Leoline Jenkins (c.1668) -- 3. The High Court of Admiralty Defines Piracy (1696) -- 4. The Weak Arm of the Law (1717) -- Questions to consider for Section I -- Section II: Atlantic Expansion and the First Global Pirates -- 5. Piracy in the Portuguese Atlantic (c.1548) -- 6. Casual Piracy in the North Atlantic (c.1556) -- 7. John Hawkins of Plymouth, Slaver and Corsair along the Spanish Main (1565-1568) -- 8. Francis Drake Attacks Nombre de Dios, Panama (1572) -- 9. Contrasting Views from Francis Drake's Famous Voyage (1577-1580) -- 10. Francis Drake to Philip II of Spain: 'Don't Call Me a Pirate!' (1586) -- 11. Francisco de Sande, "The Pirate Limahon attacks Manila" (1574) -- 12. The Pirates of India's Malabar Coast Described by Pyrard de Laval (c.1601) -- Questions to consider for Section II -- Section III: Pirates ofthe Mediterranean -- 13. Life among the Corsairs of Algiers (c.1581) -- 14. A Letter from Barbary (1630) -- 15. The Ransom Receipt of Miguel de Cervantes (1580) -- 16. Miguel de Cervantes' Captive Fantasies of the Golden Age (1615) -- 17. The Corsair Alonso de Contreras Tells His Tale (1630) -- 18. An English Diplomat Describes the Corsairs at Tripoli (c.1680) -- Questions to consider for Section III -- Section IV: The Age of Dutch Corsairs -- 19. An Encounter with Dutch Pirates in the Philippines (1600) -- 20. Catch as Catch Can: Joris van Speilbergen's Pacific Journal (1615) -- 21. Catch and Release? Catalina de Erauso and the Dutch Corsairs (1615).

Between the years 1550 and 1650, Italy's Jewish intellectuals created a unique and enduring synthesis of the great literary and philosophical heritage of the Andalusian Jews and the Renaissance`s renewal of perspective. While remaining faithful to the beliefs, behaviors, and language of their tradition, Italian Jews proved themselves open to a rapidly evolving world of great richness. The crisis of Aristotelianism (which progressively touched upon all fields of knowledge), religious fractures and unrest, the scientific revolution, and the new perception of reality expressed through a transformation of the visual arts: these are some of the changes experienced by Italian Jews which they were affected by in their own particular way. This book explores the complex relations between Jews and the world that surrounded them during a critical period of European civilization. The relations were rich, problematic, and in some cases strained, alternating between opposition and dialogue.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1: TRADE -- 1. Maritime Trade in the Indian Ocean, c. 1600-1800 -- 2. Armenians in Bengal Trade and Politics in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. No Ready Money? No Problem! The Role of Hundis (Bills of Exchange) in Early Modern India, c. 1600-1800 -- 4. Indo-Persian Relations through Traders in the Pre-Modern Era -- 5. Multiple Currencies and their Complementary Relationship: The Indian Scenario: Early Modern Era -- 6. The Armenians in Dhaka -- PART 2: POLITICS