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- Title
Monsters of Their Own Making: Understanding the Context of the Rise of the "Golden Age of Piracy.".
- Authors
Barnett, Stephen
- Abstract
This paper examines in larger historical context the state of affairs that precipitated the "Golden Age of Piracy." After considering recent scholarly answers to the causes of the upswing in piratical violence and terror in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the need to provide a larger scope of study became apparent. Through examining the cases of Richard Hawkins, Sir Francis Drake, and the Governorship of Thomas Modyford in Jamaica, this paper explores the context within which the English Crown purposefully promoted and encouraged the growth of piracy in the New World. Their expedient use of piracy to the greater benefit of financing and expanding the English Empire resulted in the rise of the "Golden Age of Piracy."
- Subjects
JAMAICA; MARITIME piracy; TERRORISM; DRAKE, Francis, Sir, ca. 1540-1596; HAWKINS, Richard; VIOLENCE
- Publication
LOGOS: A Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2012, Vol 5, p19
- ISSN
2153-1560
- Publication type
Article