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Title: Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884
Subjects: Middle Ages Civilization, Medieval Civilization, Renaissance Costume Military art and science Christian life
Publisher: London : Bickers & Son
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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ich, in the fifteenth century, gavebirth to a series of extraordinary inventions in nautical weapons. It is to the credit of these benighted ages, too often accused of barbarismand social anarchy, that in most of the Mediterranean ports overseers wereappointed, whose duty it was to inspect and survey everything connectedwith voyages beyond the sea—that is to say, voyages to the Holy Land. Thisfriendly tribunal settled all differences between the passengers or pilgrimsand the ship-owners or captains, according to the terms of their reciprocalcontracts. One part of their duties was to carefully measure the spaceassigned to each passenger, to see that every individual had his proper allot- NAVAL MATTERS. ment, so as to secure that all were made as comfortable as possible for thevoyage, which usually lasted for twenty-five or thirty days. In point of fact, a perfect maritime code was drawn up to regulate duringthe passage the mutual relations of the different inmates of the same vessel,
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Fig. 84.—Galley Soldier (Sixteenth Century). Fig. 85.—Galley Slave (Sixteenth Century).From Cesare Vecellio, Degli Habiti Antichi: 8vo, 1590. and to establish a reciprocity between the ships of friendly nations. Themerchant, for instance, who spent a great portion of his life at sea, wastreated on board ship with greater deference than the soldier who was therefor a short time only. When several merchants chartered a vessel in commonfor the transport of their merchandise, and proceeded to sea in it themselves,the captain was bound to consult them and to follow their advice in all NAVAL MATTERS. 9» perils, whenever storms threatened, or when from a dread of pirates it seemedadvisable to put into the nearest port. Before setting sail, the captain andthe crew swore upon the Gospel to defend the ship and its passengers againstthe elements and against man. In the latter case, however, the merchantsthemselves became soldiers for the nonce, and were prepared to assist in thedefence of t

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