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Gentlemen and Poachers : The English Game Laws, 671-1831 by P. B. Munsche (1981, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521232848
ISBN-139780521232845
eBay Product ID (ePID)1306352
Product Key Features
Number of Pages265 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGentlemen and Poachers : the English Game Laws, 671-1831
SubjectEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year1981
TypeTextbook
AuthorP. B. Munsche
Subject AreaNature, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN81-006168
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal344.2064/6954/09
Table Of Content1. 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.
SynopsisThe 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to explain what the laws actually were, why they were passed, how they were enforced and why they were eventually repealed.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 NumberKD2290 .M86
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