Testimonies for the Protection of Flocks, but also the Abusive Actions among Cattle Breeders and the Relevant Reports to the Nomocanons (Canons in Law)

Abstract

In this study we will refer very briefly to what has to do with attitudes in general, of the world of cattle breeders between the 17th and 18th centuries, as they appear through the records in the Vrontologia the Seismologia books, the Lunar Roads (Selinodromia), regarding the exploitation, the better protection and development of the herds, through the characteristics of the popular meteorology as well as the corresponding customary law as mentioned and attributed to the Nomocanons, and especially regarding its abusive deviations during their management. Through these texts it is possible to follow both the linguistic continuity in terms of the formation of the text itself, but especially the corresponding ruptures in rural societies as they appear through the years.