Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age

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Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age is written by Albrecht Classen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1793648298 (ISBN 10) and 9781793648297 (ISBN 13).

People in the Middle Ages and the early modern age more often suffered from imprisonment and enslavement than we might have assumed. Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age approaches these topics from a wide variety of perspectives and demonstrates collectively the great relevance of the issues involved. Both incarceration and slavery were (and continue to be) most painful experiences, and no one was guaranteed exemption from it. High-ranking nobles and royalties were often the victims of imprisonment and, at times, had to wait many years until their ransom was paid. Similarly, slavery existed throughout Christian Europe and in the Arab world. However, while imprisonment occasionally proved to be the catalyst for major writings and creativity, slaves in the Ottoman empire and in Egypt succeeded in rising to the highest position in society (Janissaries, Mamluks, and others).