#241 - Ming 28: Wokou! Wokou! A Pirate's Life For Me!
<p><em>We're rascals and scoundrels, we're villains and knaves.</em></p><p><em>We're devils and black sheep, we're really bad eggs.</em></p><p><em>We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads,</em></p><p><em>Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,</em></p><p><em>Stand up me hearties, yo ho!</em></p><p><em>Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!</em></p><br><p><strong>Time Period Covered:</strong></p><p>ca. 1521-1550 CE</p><br><p><strong> Sources Cited:</strong></p><p>Andrade, Tonio and Xing Hang. “Introduction: The East Asian Maritime Realm in Global History: 1500-1700” in <em>Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai: Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1500-1700</em>.</p><p>Chin, James K. “Merchants, Smugglers, and Pirates: Multinational Clandestine Trade on the South China Coast, 1520-50” in <em>Elusive pirates, pervasive smugglers: violence and clandestine trade in the Greater China Seas.</em></p><p>Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566” in <em>The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.</em></p><p>Laver, Michael. “Neither Here nor There: Trade, Piracy, and the ‘Space Between’ in Early Modern East Asia” in <em>Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai: Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1500-1700</em>.</p><p>Petrucci, Maria Grazia. “Pirates, Gunpowder, and Christianity in Late Sixteenth-Century Japan” in <em>Elusive pirates, pervasive smugglers: violence and clandestine trade in the Greater China Seas.</em></p><p>Wills, John E. “Maritime China from Wang Chih to Shih Lang: Themes In Peripheral History” in <em>From Ming to Ch’ing: Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China.</em></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
We're rascals and scoundrels, we're villains and knaves.
We're devils and black sheep, we're really bad eggs.
We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads,
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,
Stand up me hearties, yo ho!
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!
Time Period Covered:
ca. 1521-1550 CE
Sources Cited:
Andrade, Tonio and Xing Hang. “Introduction: The East Asian Maritime Realm in Global History: 1500-1700” in Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai: Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1500-1700.
Chin, James K. “Merchants, Smugglers, and Pirates: Multinational Clandestine Trade on the South China Coast, 1520-50” in Elusive pirates, pervasive smugglers: violence and clandestine trade in the Greater China Seas.
Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.
Laver, Michael. “Neither Here nor There: Trade, Piracy, and the ‘Space Between’ in Early Modern East Asia” in Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai: Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1500-1700.
Petrucci, Maria Grazia. “Pirates, Gunpowder, and Christianity in Late Sixteenth-Century Japan” in Elusive pirates, pervasive smugglers: violence and clandestine trade in the Greater China Seas.
Wills, John E. “Maritime China from Wang Chih to Shih Lang: Themes In Peripheral History” in From Ming to Ch’ing: Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China.
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