Autori
Fazio, Ida
Foti, Rita Loredana

Titolo
"Scansar le frodi". Prede corsare nella Sicilia del decennio inglese (1808-1813)
Periodico
Quaderni storici
Anno: 2013 - Volume: 143 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 497 - Pagina finale: 540

This essay discusses the topic of fraud linked to the prizes taken by corsairsin the Mediterranean during the period of the Continental Blockade, from the viewpointof the Kingdom of Sicily, where the Bourbon court was sheltering under theEnglish protectorate. The Tribunale delle prede (1808-1813) judged the legitimacyof the prizes taken by armed Sicilian corsair vessels from ships flying enemy orneutral flags, in a complex juridical framework which also involved the Health andPolice authorities, at a time when in the rest of Europe similar institutions werebeing created. The documents produced by the Tribunale offer a penetrating insightinto the dynamics of the fraud and into the practices, set up by the partiesinvolved (judges, ship-owners, corsair captains and crews, merchants, buyers, consulsand official port authorities) which governed the capture, commercialization andevaluation of the prizes. The economy of fraud was not in conflict with the regulareconomy, but rather a part of it. Corsairing, for its institutional, juridical, diplomatic,political and economic aspects, became a paradigm of commerce, protected bythe country of origin and hostile to rivals; and fraud was just one of its possibleoptions.



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