Landowners and “poachers”. Laws and poaching in Italy between the 19th and early 20th century
Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Giulio Taccetti
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/124
Language Italian Pages 22 P. 65-86 File size 233 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2025-124005
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The article reconstructs the regulatory framework on hunting from the preunification period to the decisive change made by the Mussolini’s government. The analysis shows how hunting was an important element for communities, also highlighting the latent conflict inherent in the power relations between landowners and “poachers”, initially still regulated by pre-unification laws. In this sense, the investigation showes how in reality the single hunting law promulgated in 1923 was a refined instrument to allow the elites to maintain a firm control over society, particularly over rural populations.
Keywords: Italy, liberal period, hunting, social conflict, environmental history
Giulio Taccetti, Possidenti e “bracconieri”. Leggi e caccia di frodo in Italia fra ’800 e primo ’900 in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 124/2025, pp 65-86, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2025-124005