Abstract
Throughout the period between the 11th and 15th centuries, Christian and Arabic
countries as well as territorial dominions, although faced with feudal political chaos,
managed to take joint action against pirates. Piracy was unanimously treated as a major
risk both to inshore safety and safety at sea, as well as to trade and economic growth.
Attempts were made to establish institutional framework for prosecuting the pirates and
setting terms under which respective counties would remain legally liable. International
treaties had laid foundations for the aforementioned framework and imposed certain
liabilities on the countries. A number of treaties concluded during the period under discussion
and published by an archivist in the 19th century enables modern researchers to
get to know the Law of Nations created somewhere in between the Islamic and European
legal cultures.
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Authors and Affiliations
Iwona Wierzchowiecka-Rudnik