Pubblicazioni

Autori:

Nicolini, M

Titolo:

Horticultural Titles. Seeds, Gardens, and English Law in seventeenth-century Virginia Plantations

Anno:

2026

Tipologia prodotto:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Lingua:

Inglese

Formato:

A Stampa

Titolo libro:

Fruitful Spaces and Timeless Architectures: Gardens and Villas in Literature, Culture and Law

Casa editrice:

DeriveApprodi University Books

Intervallo pagine:

251-296

Parole chiave:

Gardens; Colonies; Plantations; Law and Literature; Fences; Legal Landscapes

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

The essay examines the production of English colonial legal spaces in North America in the seventeenth century. Particularly in Virginia, their production revolved around the concept of ‘plantation’, thus pointing to the acts of planting seeds, improving the land, and civilising non-Western environments. The legal geography of these settlements was made up of gardening, agriculture, and fences. Colonisers transplanted new plants and seeds (and new legal regimes) into American soil, outlawing the previous vegetation, populace, and native legal titles. From the perspective of the colonisers, these changes were functional to maximising the profits of the colonial enterprise and reinforcing colonial legal geographies, based on exotic legal imaginaries and landscapes.

Id prodotto:

149661

Handle IRIS:

11562/1181933

ultima modifica:

7 febbraio 2026

Citazione bibliografica:

Nicolini, M, Horticultural Titles. Seeds, Gardens, and English Law in seventeenth-century Virginia Plantations Fruitful Spaces and Timeless Architectures: Gardens and Villas in Literature, Culture and Law , DeriveApprodi University Books , 2026 , pp. 251-296

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