Carmine Crocco (legend association)
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Carmine Crocco was a famed 19th-century Italian brigand and folk-hero of southern Italy, whose exploits and resistance to the new Italian state became the subject of enduring local legends.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carmine Crocco | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian historical figure
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brigand ⓘ folk hero ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Italian unification
NERFINISHED
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brigandage in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ⓘ southern Italian banditry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction |
figure in Italian popular culture about brigands
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subject of local songs and ballads ⓘ subject of oral legends in Basilicata ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Southern Italian ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity | rural southern Italy ⓘ |
| hasLegendStatus |
folk hero of southern Italy
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symbol of peasant resistance ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
brigand
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guerrilla leader ⓘ |
| hasRole | leader of a large band of brigands ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-unification unrest in the Mezzogiorno ⓘ |
| imageInFolklore |
defender of peasants against the new state
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outlaw hero ⓘ |
| influenced | local folk traditions in southern Italy ⓘ |
| legacy |
controversial figure between criminal and hero interpretations
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enduring symbol of southern Italian resistance ⓘ |
| movement | anti-unification resistance in southern Italy ⓘ |
| name | Carmine Crocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
defense of the poor
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resistance to authority ⓘ social banditry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
brigandage in southern Italy
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resistance to the new Italian state ⓘ role in post-unification brigandage ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Kingdom of Italy (post-1861) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rionero in Vulture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Apulia
NERFINISHED
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Basilicata NERFINISHED ⓘ Campania NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Basilicata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
local historical studies on brigandage
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popular narratives about the Risorgimento from a southern perspective ⓘ regional folklore collections ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| typeOfMythicFigure | social bandit folk hero ⓘ |
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