British commercial interests on the French Atlantic coast, c.1560-1713*

Talbott, Siobhan

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.2012.00599.x

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“…Other aspects of Britain's expanding global trade networks in the eighteenth century are examined in a number of articles. Talbott continues her explorations of early modern Anglo‐French commercial relations in her Pollard Prize winning essay published in Historical Research. Her focus is on British interests in French Atlantic ports in the long seventeenth century (ending here at 1713).…”

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“…I have written in detail elsewhere regarding the effect of these conflicts on British trade with France. See Talbott, ‘British commercial interests’, pp. 403–9; eadem, Conflict, commerce , esp.…”

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‘Such unjustificable practices’?:Irish trade, settlement, and society inFrance, 1688–1715

Talbott

2014

The Economic History Review

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This article explores Irish migration, settlement, and commerce in the Atlantic coast ports of France in the period between the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9 and the Jacobite uprising of 1715. Drawing on extensive archival material and using current methodologies, this study suggests that the composition of society was vital in the development of international associations. This is particularly pertinent in a period characterized by warfare, religious fervour, and the rise of Jacobitism. Common allegiance to Catholicism and support for the Stuart dynasty in both Ireland and France provided a framework conducive to international cooperation, but the Irish who settled in France held both Catholic and Reformed beliefs, and were not necessarily products of the Jacobite movement. Migration and integration, and commercial practices and successes, were not determined solely by religious or political affiliation, but were influenced by the composition of society and the support and acceptance received by immigrants and traders therein. Through an analysis of the Franco-Irish case study, it is concluded here that the social context of mercantile activity was just as responsible as the political or religious climate in governing the development of international commercial relationships in this period.

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“What cannot be helped must be indured”: Coping with Obstacles to Business During the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1674

Talbott¹

2021

Enterp. Soc.

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By nature, wars appear hostile to commerce, bringing disruption to international relations and to everyday life. By focusing on the individuals involved in continuing commerce, however, an increasing body of scholarship has shown that merchants in a number of contexts continued to operate successfully during periods of war. This article builds on these recent methodological shifts in business history, applying them to the three Anglo-Dutch wars of the seventeenth century. Although these conflicts have been described as being harmful to commerce, there has been no focus hitherto on merchants’ experiences of or responses to these wars. This article addresses this problem and, in so doing, proposes a different way of analyzing and thus characterizing the relationship between the Anglo-Dutch Wars and business. Through examining the surviving correspondence of merchants operating during these wars, I investigate the various methods used—both successfully and unsuccessfully—to navigate obstacles to business during these conflicts. The value of considering this activity in broader British and European contexts is explored, and the range of concerns exhibited by merchants during these periods of conflict is analyzed, showing that war was not paramount among their concerns, despite the political context. Throughout, I show that although all three Anglo-Dutch Wars had an impact on commerce, this was not necessarily negative, and that the most enterprising and proactive merchants benefited from commercial opportunities created by the conflicts.

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British commercial interests on the French Atlantic coast, c.1560-1713*

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Review of periodical literature published in 2012

Review of periodical literature published in 2012

‘Such unjustificable practices’?:Irish trade, settlement, and society inFrance, 1688–1715

“What cannot be helped must be indured”: Coping with Obstacles to Business During the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1674

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