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Title:

On the Problem of the Size of Trading Complexes in Medieval Towns and Cities of Central Europe

Subtitle:

Acta Poloniae Historica T. 119 (2019), In Honour of Professor Halina Manikowska

Creator:

Goliński, Mateusz (1960– )

Contributor:

Jasiński, Damian : Trans. ; Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences ; Polish National Historical Committee

Publisher:

Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2019

Description:

p. 101-117 ; 23 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

cities and towns, Medieval - Central Europe ; economic history - Middle Ages ; trade - Central Europe - Middle Ages

Abstract:

Wherever the town owners did not literally grant the settlement official, i.e. founder (Pol. zasadźca), or the commune itself, full rights to privileged trading facilities, they reserved the competences to shape the size, location and appearance of their complexes. Decisions in this regard formed an element of economic and fiscal policy towards the town, albeit not always – they could also be part of a planned vision of the town or city (the way space was divided could decide about the town’s economy), or flexibly adapted to needs formulated by the interested groups of townspeople. The size of cloth halls and rich stall complexes was supposed to reflect the economic potential of the town, and the size of the complexes of butcher stalls and chambers – the consumption needs of the population. However, in the latter case there were significant deviations, which manifested themselves in strict adherence to artificially established models and traditions rather than in flexibility. The data concerning the number of trade stalls, although still undervalued in historiography, are an important source for research into the history of individual towns and cities, even though they may be less useful for comparative approaches.

References:

Czerner Rafał, Zabudowy rynków. Średniowieczne bloki śródrynkowe wybranych dużych miast Śląska (Wrocław, 2002).
Goliński Mateusz, ‘Die Anfänge der Kaufhäuser und Reichkrame in den schlesischen Städten’, Zeitschrift für Ostforschung, xlii, 1 (1993), 1–20.
Rabęcka-Brykczyńska Irena, ‘Jatki rzeźnicze w Polsce w XIII–XIV wieku’, in eadem and Tadeusz Sobczak, ‘Z problematyki badań nad produkcją i konsumpcją żywności w Polsce’, Studia i Materiały z Historii Kultury Materialnej, lvii (1984), 7–130.

Relation:

Acta Poloniae Historica

Volume:

119

Start page:

101

End page:

117

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

0001-6829 ; 2450-8462 ; 10.12775/APH.2019.119.06

Source:

IH PAN, sygn. A.295/119 Podr. ; IH PAN, sygn. A.296/119 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

National Programme for the Development of the Humanities

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