Famines in the manorial economy of eighteenth-century Poland.
In: Rural History, Jg. 34 (2023-10-01), Heft 2, S. 181-200
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On the basis of eight available terriers of a large royal estate of Niepołomice in southern Poland and of the vital records of two parishes located on its area, all dating from the early eighteenth century, this article examines the effect of famines on the economic situation of both feudal lords and their peasant tenants. The restrictive framework of the second serfdom in Poland did not prevent two severe mortality crises at the time triggered by crop failures. The key hazards caused by the famines for demesne economy were shortages of corvée labour and peasant-owned draught animals. While the famine mortality that affected the peasants reported as farmers in the terriers was not high, the famines were conducive to peasant impoverishment and reshuffled groups of various financial statuses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Famines in the manorial economy of eighteenth-century Poland.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Miodunka, Piotr |
Zeitschrift: | Rural History, Jg. 34 (2023-10-01), Heft 2, S. 181-200 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0956-7933 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0956793322000206 |
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