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Gentlemen and Poachers : The English Game Laws, 1671-1831
Author(s): Munsche, P B
| Binding: | Softcover |
| Volume Condition: | Near Fine |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication Year: | 2008 |
| Publication Place: | Cambridge, UK |
| ISBN: | 9780521090759 |
| Book ID: | 009249 |
| Catalogue(s): | History - British |
x, 256pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Bottom text block edge a little sun faded. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. 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diaries - it explains what the laws were, why they were passed, how they were enforced and why they were eventually repealed.
Keywords:
Poaching
Legal history
Game Laws
