Commonality of Written Constitutions on Pirate Ships (17th-18th Centuries)
The formal rules established on the pirate ship Royal Rover were not an anomaly. During the peak of European piracy in the late 1600s and early 1700s, it was standard practice for most pirate vessels to have written constitutions that bestowed considerable powers upon the crew.
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