brigandage
theft
Also known as: banditry
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Italy
- In Italy: Condition of the Italian kingdom
…an especially violent form of brigandage, which, though fomented and often assisted by emissaries of the exiled Francis II, was a form of class warfare against the agrarian bourgeoisie. Men on horseback occupied villages in the south, killed Liberals, and raised the white flag of the Bourbon kingdom. The government…
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