{"product_id":"the-amity-papers-1690-the-siege-of-limerick-and-franco-irish-mercantile-networks-9780197267899","title":"The Amity Papers, 1690: The Siege of Limerick and Franco-Irish Mercantile Networks","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Amity Papers, 1690\u003c\/em\u003e reproduces 74 documents seized from the Irish vessel \u003cem\u003eAmity\u003c\/em\u003e trading with France at the height of the Williamite War (1689-1691). Mostly letters written by merchants (with a smaller number penned by Jacobite soldiers), the ship's papers illustrate particularly the plight of civilians during the 1690 siege of Limerick, which ended just weeks before the \u003cem\u003eAmity\u003c\/em\u003e sailed. The writers and their correspondents-mostly living in France-were part of two mercantile networks, one Catholic and the other Quaker. The collaboration between the two enabled Franco-Irish trade to continue despite wartime challenges. The letters also illuminate the economic consequences of wartime conditions in Ireland: requisitioning, the forced circulation of rapidly depreciating brass money, and the risks of buying or selling goods in this context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas M. Truxes, \u003cem\u003eNew York University\u003c\/em\u003e, John Shovlin, \u003cem\u003eNew York University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas M. Truxes is Clinical Professor of Irish Studies and History at New York University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Shovlin is Professor of History at New York University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"British Academy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475243663634,"sku":"9780197267899","price":193.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9eebf676-c3d8-4428-85c9-b355a6896de8.jpg?v=1752590419","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-amity-papers-1690-the-siege-of-limerick-and-franco-irish-mercantile-networks-9780197267899","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}