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Gentlemen and Poachers : The English Game Laws, 671-1831 P. B. Mu
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- Book Title
- Gentlemen and Poachers : The English Game Laws, 671-1831 P. B. Mu
- ISBN
- 9780521232845
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521232848
ISBN-13
9780521232845
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1306352
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
265 Pages
Publication Name
Gentlemen and Poachers : the English Game Laws, 671-1831
Language
English
Publication Year
1981
Subject
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Europe / Great Britain / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
19.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
81-006168
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
344.2064/6954/09
Table Of Content
1. The game laws; 2. Field sports and game preservation; 3. Poachers and the black market; 4. The enforcement of the game laws; 5. Early opposition to the game laws; 6. The reform of the game laws; 7. Conclusion.
Synopsis
The eighteenth-century English game laws have long been synonymous with petty tyranny. By imposing a property qualification on sportsmen, they effectively denied all but country gentlemen the right to take game or even to possess a gun. Those who challenged the gentry's monopoly were fined or imprisoned, usually after only a summary hearing by the local justice of the peace., The eighteenth-century English game laws have long been synonymous with petty tyranny. By imposing a property qualification on sportsmen, they effectively denied all but country gentlemen the right to take game or even to possess a gun. Those who challenged the gentry's monopoly were fined or imprisoned, usually after only a summary hearing by the local justice of the peace. In the early nineteenth century, it was claimed that one out of every four inmates in England's prisons was an offender against the game laws. Bitterly denounced at the time, they have continued to be condemned by historians as arbitrary, savage and unjust. This book is the first full scholarly examination of the English game laws. Based on material drawn from over two dozen archives - including judicial records, estate correspondence and personal diaries - it attempts to explain what the laws actually were, why they were passed, how they were enforced and why they were eventually repealed. The picture which emerges from this investigation challenges the conventional wisdom about the game laws in a number of important respects.
LC Classification Number
KD2290 .M86
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