Ottoman North Africa and ius publicum europæum

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Ottoman North Africa and ius publicum europæum

Guillaume Calafat

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Guillaume Calafat. Ottoman North Africa and ius publicum europæum: The case of the treaties of peace and trade (1600-1750). Antonella Alimento. War, Trade and Neutrality. Europe and the Mediterranean in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, FrancoAngeli Edizioni, pp.171-187, 2011, Storia, 978-8856845143. �halshs-02888283�

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