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Medieval warfare had well-organised 'ransom market'

Trolls found this on the BBC website. It looks like the Europeans were a bit civilised in the past (but not very): Medieval prisoners of war were much more widely traded for ransoms than has been...

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Surely this is not "news" to anyone it has been well known , well documented and absolutely reasonable soldiers always looked to boost their income with loot ransoming of prisoners is just an obvious...

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I believe prize money was awarded to USS Omaha (+1) for seizing a blockade runner in November 1941. Who said the Omahas were useless? Ian S.

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The news, I believe, that the system worked much lower down the scale than we are led to believe by our traditional history lessons. Anyone remember something along the lines of "Rich people got...

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The ransom for the King of England, Richard the Lion Heart, on his way back from the Crusades bankrupted the realm and helped make John very unpopular. For every noble ransomed you there would be...

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miketr wrote:The ransom for the King of England, Richard the Lion Heart, on his way back from the Crusades bankrupted the realm and helped make John very unpopular.I dare say raising a hu...Read More

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Following fulfilled buy offs by besieged towns and then being looted and pillaged anyway gave the Crusades a bad reputation with plenty of material for propaganda. Ian S.

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True, but little to do with ransom in the Hundred Years War which depend on integrity on the part of those involved. I suspect the bottom limit of value of ransom would be not the value (like I said...

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ChrisPat wrote: There were more complicated deals where prisoners were swapped, the multiple players involved allowing quite complex arrangements. An Englishman holds a Frenchman who is owed a...

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borys68 wrote:ChrisPat wrote: There were more complicated deals where prisoners were swapped, the multiple players involved allowing quite compl...Read More

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ICS wrote:I believe prize money was awarded to USS Omaha (+1) for seizing a blockade runner in November 1941. Who said the Omahas were useless? Ian S.Consider me s...Read More

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Neutrality patrol. The money was awarded following a court ruling in 1947. http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/w...Read More

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In 1941 the US Atlantic Fleet was anything but neutral; "Neutrality" Patrol was eyewash.

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Cities that refused terms and were taken by storm were subject to a sack by the soldiers as part of the 'rules of warfare.' Neither of which have anything to do with european soldiers fighting each...

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IcelofAngeln wrote:. Jerusalem in 1184 *did* surrender on terms, and Saladin's subsequent holding of the populace to ransom, and enslaving most oif them, was a flagrant breach of the terms agreed.Read...

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"In 1941 the US Atlantic Fleet was anything but neutral; "Neutrality" Patrol was eyewash." I know the USN was actually at war but not legally and since courts are all about legal formalities I did not...

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MBecker01 wrote: I know the USN was actually at war but not legally and since courts are all about legal formalities I did not think one could get price money for a ship taken before a DoW.Read More

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Dave AAA wrote:IcelofAngeln wrote:. Jerusalem in 1184 *did* surrender on terms, and Saladin's subsequent holding of the populace to ransom, and ...Read More

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