Analyzes how negotiations between Dutch consuls and North African rulers over the liberation of Dutch sailors helped create a new diplomatic order in the western Mediterranean.

Global Treaty Making: From Morocco to Constantinople
Captivity and Diplomacy in Algiers and Tunis
The Consul as State Representative
Ransoming is the Norm
Collective Redemption: Naval Violence and Hostage Taking
A True Public Minister: Consuls and Jewish Mediators
The Reluctant State
The Cannon as Gift: Institutionalizing the Problem