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Privateering and Diplomacy, 1793–1807

Great Britain, Denmark-Norway and the Question of Neutral Ports

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Authors:
  1. Atle L. Wold

    1. Department of Literature, Area Studies & European Languages, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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  • Charts the use that French and Dutch privateers made of ports on the southern and western coasts of Norway as bases for their attacks on the British Baltic Sea and Archangel trades

  • Offers new perspectives on the development of international law and diplomacy in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

  • Explores the contemporary debates over both the principle of privateering and neutrality, and its practical application

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Atle L. Wold
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Debate on Privateering and Neutral Ports, 1793–1799

    • Atle L. Wold
    Pages 7-75

  4. The Consular Service and the Role of John Mitchell

    • Atle L. Wold
    Pages 77-129

  5. Privateering in Practice

    • Atle L. Wold
    Pages 131-190

  6. The Dutch Change of Sides in the War

    • Atle L. Wold
    Pages 191-211

  7. After the Closure of the Ports in 1799

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    Pages 213-228

  8. Conclusion

    • Atle L. Wold
    Pages 229-235

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 237-248
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About this book

This book addresses the British-Danish diplomatic debate on privateering and neutral ports in the period 1793-1807, when Denmark-Norway remained neutral in the war between Britain and France. The British government protested against the use French privateers made of Norwegian ports as bases for their attacks on the British Baltic Sea and Archangel Trades, but the Danish government insisted on keeping the ports open. This led to a running dispute on the relative rights and duties of belligerents and neutrals, but also on violations of the tentative agreement that the two governments reached in 1793. The three main chapters in the book address the principled debate on privateering and neutral ports; the central role played in the debate by the British diplomatic and consular representatives in Denmark-Norway; and privateering in practice. The final two chapters look at the impact of the Dutch change of sides in the war in 1795, and the development from the official closure of the Norwegian ports to privateers in 1799 until Denmark-Norway’s entry into the war on the side of France in 1807.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Literature, Area Studies & European Languages, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Atle L. Wold

About the author

Atle L. Wold is Associate Professor of British Studies at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the author of Scotland and the French Revolutionary War, 1792-1802 (2015).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Privateering and Diplomacy, 1793–1807

  • Book Subtitle: Great Britain, Denmark-Norway and the Question of Neutral Ports

  • Authors: Atle L. Wold

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45186-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45185-1Published: 07 July 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45188-2Published: 07 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45186-8Published: 06 July 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 248

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: European History, Political History, Legal History, History of Military

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