I galeotti dello Stato da Mar veneziano tra sussistenza e crimine alla fine del XVI secolo : rapina ed economia sotterranea tramite i processi delle Cariche da Mar
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Studi veneziani, 2023, Vol. 87-88, pp. 211-235
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PANTALEONI, Cosimo, I galeotti dello Stato da Mar veneziano tra sussistenza e crimine alla fine del XVI secolo : rapina ed economia sotterranea tramite i processi delle Cariche da Mar, Studi veneziani, 2023, Vol. 87-88, pp. 211-235 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/77752
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L’articolo riconsidera l’esperienza delle ciurme a bordo delle galere veneziane e nei porti dello Stato da Mar. Nei brevi momenti di libertà, la quotidianità dei galeotti era caratterizzata da una vera e propria economia clandestina : la persistenza della tradizione criminale era rafforzata dalla miseria delle loro condizioni di vita, che li costringeva a cavarsela come potevano. Oltre a fornire un’interpretazione di questo fenomeno parallelo alla pirateria e al banditismo diffusi in tutta l’area mediterranea, nell’articolo vengono esaminati alcuni casi giudiziari con una prospettiva dal basso. I processi delle Cariche da Mar consentono di capire che, in seguito alla guerra di Cipro, la riforma di Cristoforo Da Canal (1545) si è estesa alla gestione delle galere come strumento di disciplinamento interno alla marina militare.
The article reconsiders the experience of crews on board Venetian galleys and in the port towns of the Stato da Mar. The everyday life of the galley men was characterised by a specific underground economy : the persistence of the criminal tradition was reinforced by the misery of their living conditions, which forced them to rob and smuggle as strategies of subsistence. The article examines some court cases with a perspective from below and provides an interpretation of this phenomenon parallel to Mediterranean piracy and banditry. The judiciary records of the Cariche da Mar allow to understand that, following the War of Cyprus, Cristoforo Da Canal’s reform (1545) was extended to the military management of galleys as a tool for the navy’s internal discipline.
The article reconsiders the experience of crews on board Venetian galleys and in the port towns of the Stato da Mar. The everyday life of the galley men was characterised by a specific underground economy : the persistence of the criminal tradition was reinforced by the misery of their living conditions, which forced them to rob and smuggle as strategies of subsistence. The article examines some court cases with a perspective from below and provides an interpretation of this phenomenon parallel to Mediterranean piracy and banditry. The judiciary records of the Cariche da Mar allow to understand that, following the War of Cyprus, Cristoforo Da Canal’s reform (1545) was extended to the military management of galleys as a tool for the navy’s internal discipline.